Momento nostalgia das marcantes Paris e Montreal:
Montreal – O Territrio Mapa.
Montreal revitaliza o Quartier des Spectacles no Nuit Blanche 2010 e transforma o territrio no mapa:
“Le systme permettait aux pitons traversant lintersection des rues Sainte-Catherine et Saint-Denis dtre informs de la direction des principaux lieux de diffusion proximit, en plus de signer le Quartier des spectacles. Linstallation prliminaire, encore au stade dvaluation technique, tait forme de projecteurs suspendus des tours dclairage et tait quipe de dtecteurs qui permettent une synchronisation avec les feux de circulation du carrefour. Les projections taient uniquement actives sur les zones de traverss ouvertes aux pitons, les soulignant ainsi dune faon plus claire. Un moyen unique de rvler aux visiteurs le foisonnement cratif du Quartier des spectacles de Montral partir de son artre principale: la rue Sainte-Catherine.”
Paris – O Visvel Invisvel.
Paris, panormica com foto de 26 gigapixels. Impressionante os detalhes. (via Mashable).
Mas, mesmo com 26 gigapixels, no seria Paris uma Ville Invisible?
“Paris, the City of Light, so open to the gaze of artists and tourists, so often photographed, the subject of so many glossy books, that we tend to forget the problems of thousands of engineers, technicians, civil servants, inhabitants and shopkeepers in making it visible.
The aim of this sociological opera is to wander through the city, in texts and images, exploring some of the reasons why it cannot be captured at a glance.
On the top floor of the main building a bluish ceramic panorama allows one, as they say, “to capture the city at a glance”. On a huge circular, slightly tilted table, engraved arrows point to Parisian landmarks drawn in perspective. Soon the attentive visitor is surprised: “But where’s the Pompidou Centre?”, “Where are the tree-covered hills that should be in the north-east?”, “What’s that skyscraper that’s…”