One concept that struck my interest early on in the Matthew Fuller reading concerns Gordon Matta-Clark's "Substrait" film, which discusses underground metropolitan spaces and structures. I just visited Chicago this past weekend and took the Amtrak. What startled me about the Amtrak service, and the train station in general, was that the train drops you off practically in the middle of the depot, not in some fancy waiting area. I had to trudge a good quarter mile through the cavernous, dirty, cement and steel laiden underground station to get to the door that led to the fancy waiting area. This journey really opened my eyes to another world of the city.
Interesting to me is that often in large metro areas, two entirely distinct yet connected cities seem to exist - one above ground and one below. They change and transform depending upon one another's needs. A structure that is fixed above ground surely has a counterpart below it, whether it be a basement,sewage tunnel, electrical wiring or a subway.
It almost seems to touch on the idea of different dimensions (the above ground and the below) in an easy to grasp way.
Blender could potentially be a great program to illustrate these ideas of the above and below. Thank you Gordon Matta-Clark!
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