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      Nathan Coley

      Urban / Wild

      96 pages | Full colour | 210 x 138 mm, Soft cover | 2004 | Edition of 1,000 copies
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Urban/Wild presents a series of expeditions. From Los Angeles to Death Valley, from Rio de Janeiro to Amazonas, from Edinburgh to Rannoch Moor, the artist explores the places where urban space meets the wilderness. ‘... I had this idea about opposites − urban space on one hand, and the wilderness on the other. I thought if I could get to the Amazon rainforest, it would help me understand Rio a little better...’ Coley presents and attempts to unpack our preconceived notions of frontiers, by visiting distant, unknown, unfamiliar or even ‘invisible’ locations, testing the idea that there is always something more to learn through personal experience than can be seen on a map.


この本は、ロサンゼルスからDeath Valleryまで、リオデジャネイロからアマゾンまで、エディンバラからRannoch Moorまでの間、都市が野生に触れる場所を探した冒険の記録だ。「都市が一方にあって、野生がもう一方にある。もしアマゾンの熱帯雨林に入る事ができた らリオの事をより理解する事に役立つんじゃないかと思ったんだ。」Coleyは、辺境に対する先入観をひも解くために遠く、知らない、未開の土地 を訪れ、地図を見るよりも自分の経験を通しての方が、常により多くの事を学ぶ事ができるという考えを試している。
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