Monday, 27 May 2013
Fake Nature IIII
The World Islands, Dubai
The World or World Islands is an artificial archipelago of various small islands constructed in the rough shape of a world map, located 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The World islands are composed mainly of sand dredged from Dubai's shallow coastal waters, and are one of several artificial island developments in Dubai. The World's developer is Nakheel Properties, and the project was originally conceived by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai.
Information from Wikipedia
Fake Nature II
Dispatches From China
China has one hundred and fifty cities with populations greater than a million people. To put that in perspective, the US has only nine. Beijing and Shanghai have nearly 20 million each while New York City has less than nine. Needless to say, there’s lots of building going on as China’s city continue to grow. Interestingly, construction sites are often accompanied by allusions to idyllic nature in the form of vinyl signage
It is interesting that most of the photos chosen look like computer screensavers.
Fake Nature
Phil Jung "A Different Nature."
The role of zoological parks in wildlife conservation is becoming increasingly more important. This group of images examines the landscape-immersion philosophy of current zoos. It is the philosophy that exhibits should be designed to acknowledge the importance and value of natural systems. These modern arks are “a metaphor for our attitudes to and relationships with Nature” (Hancocks, 2001). In many ways, they offer proof of our distorted and disconnected views of the natural world. These spaces, which blur the line between fact and fiction, are home to many of the world’s endangered species. I am fascinated by how these replicated, unnatural spaces modeled from nature are rendered as photographic images. The perverse beauty of their forms strike a compelling contrast to the reality they portray. This body of work examines these spaces and the paradoxes they create.
http://www.jungphil.com/
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