Ciphers – $685
by rgonzalezr
Working at the intersection of art and environmental politics, photographer Christoph Gielen specializes in conducting photographic aerial studies of infrastructure in its relation to land use. Collected and published here for the first time, Gielen’s abstracting views reveal the hidden geometries of building developments that only emerge when seen from far above the ground, in the elliptical or hexagonal shapes of structures such as maximum security prisons or retirement communities. In Ciphers, Gielen uses a triptych format to present this sprawl […]
Categories: Arte, Ciudades, Urbanismo • Tags: 2014, aerial, Art, Buildings, City, Ciudad, Foto, fotografia, Gielen, Jovis, land use, Photo, Photographs, Urban, urbanismo, urbano