Thursday, February 18, 2010

The Architecture of Economics

Check out this article, LINK , it describes the visual residue of our economic crisis and artists who are working under the realms of architecture, art, and advocacy.

"It's quite fascinating how this is possibly the first crisis of our times that has a distinctive architectural aesthetic - empty, detached suburban mansions connected by deserted streets, or slum-like frame houses in varying states of dilapidation,' he wrote in the online journal Where We Are Now.1In the 1930s, the Great Depression found its emblem in the winding breadlines; in the 1970s, it was a line of cars waiting at the gas pump. Today's crisis is symbolised by an empty house."

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