Being in the same place as a requirement for establishing trust is profoundly challenged by information and communication technologies. Afaina de Jong explores how people experience place. She is
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Are there places and views that exemplify the ultimate experience of a city? Are some moments in time and places destined to be captured on the lens of modern day urban visitors? And how do people in
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The experience of space happens in the moment. Only without thoughts and sense of time one has the ability to actually experience the feeling that a specific space evokes. It seems to be an almost
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One of my major fascinations with the built environment is the stories that are being told in the urban spaces that we inhabit. I try to captured these messages in my work in order to create a new
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What happened here. As an urban investigator one stumbles upon interesting leads everywhere. What happened here, is the question. By asking this stories arise from the cities tissue.
Dead people,
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In a time where contemporary architecture seems more and more obsessed with fashionability, the creation of place stems more and more from technological possibilities. Dope computer angles dictate
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The dark side of urban life is part of the ying-yang balance of every major city. In the darkness people come together, get left behind or rush off to unknown destinations. In my work I try to
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Afaina
Afaina
My latest project. I'm very excited about it. In experiencing the everyday city I'm always struck how boring most buildings are. My architect background inspires my artist tendencies. I'm working on
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Digital photography has revolutionized the human need to document its surroundings and every key events in their live. The internet has taken it even futher. Google Maps not only gives you the exact
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