A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Glass Architecture as a Site for Encountering the Surface Aesthetics of Urban Photography
Authors: Nordstrom P
Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
Publication year: 2017
Journal: Space and Culture
Journal name in source: SPACE AND CULTURE
Journal acronym: SPACE CULT
Volume: 20
Issue: 3
First page : 271
Last page: 286
Number of pages: 16
ISSN: 1206-3312
eISSN: 1552-8308
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331217707475
Abstract
This article brings glass architecture and geophilosophy into a relationship with one another with the further aim of studying surface aesthetics of urban photography. First I present a selected history of glass architecture and its previous methodological applications. Then, I focus on the characteristics of glass architectureits permeability/reflectivity and capacity to act with lightin relation to the geophilosophies of Nietzsche and Deleuze. I aim to formulate surface aesthetics through which I contemplate the materialities and the fabulative landscape of urban photography. Urban photography is valued for its characteristic of combining the practices of art and research. In this article, urban photography is also understood as an affectual encounter. However, for urban photography to be seen as a creative medium, it has to be acknowledged as not merely making aesthetic representations of the world but also opening a landscape in order to see it differently and ask new questions.
This article brings glass architecture and geophilosophy into a relationship with one another with the further aim of studying surface aesthetics of urban photography. First I present a selected history of glass architecture and its previous methodological applications. Then, I focus on the characteristics of glass architectureits permeability/reflectivity and capacity to act with lightin relation to the geophilosophies of Nietzsche and Deleuze. I aim to formulate surface aesthetics through which I contemplate the materialities and the fabulative landscape of urban photography. Urban photography is valued for its characteristic of combining the practices of art and research. In this article, urban photography is also understood as an affectual encounter. However, for urban photography to be seen as a creative medium, it has to be acknowledged as not merely making aesthetic representations of the world but also opening a landscape in order to see it differently and ask new questions.
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