Description
Through a collection of essays and projects, "City Specualtions"investigates different modes of representing urban space. Responding toRobert Moses's Panorama of the City of New York, housed at theQueens Museum of Art, an impressive collection of artists, architects, andtheorists attempt to infuse the dynamism of the living city into urbanrepresentation and demonstrate how the process of representation caneffect the final outcome of urban design. Essays by Patricia Philips andM. Christine Boyer specifically address how and why Moses, New York's"Power Broker," employed the Panorama as a tool and demonstrationof his own global vision. Originally an exhibition at the Queens Museum, "City Specualtions"includes projects by: Balch & Baratloo; Diller + Scofidio; KellerEasterling; the Environmental Simulation Center; Andrea Kahn; Ana Marton; Brian McGrath; Kyong Park; Richard Plunz; RAAUm; Mark Robbins; NewarkMetametrics; Wellington Reiter; Mierle Ukeles; and Camilio Vergara.
