Product Details
Paperback
223 pages
Reaktion Books
Published 2003
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A captivating meditation on the nature of cities and how we see ourselves in relation to them. Written in travelogue form, this marvelous text is presented beside the authors own black-and-white photographs. Victor Burgin, a professor on the Board of Studies in History of Consciousness at the University of California, documents his travels from his native England to London, Berlin, New York, Singapore, and the islands of Stromboli and Tobago. When we see through Burgin's eyes, our relationships to the cities we know are gently transformed to the point that we may even view them as works of art. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the Back Cover
"Victor Burgin is an important artist whose work has played a major role for many years. He has also made a number of decisive contributions as a cultural theorist. What is so captivating about Some Cities is that it combines both sides of his work. The photographs and the text address the elusive yet pervasive condition of the city. The form is that of the travel book, where each city, no matter how 'foreign,' is treated as home. So much of our discourse over the last one and a half... read more --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Book Description
Victor Burgin recalls some of the cities he has known in a way familiar to all who have traveled, by showing photographs and telling anecdotes. Some Cities gathers places and moments from a life route that the author has taken from the North of England to his recent home in northern California. Although it explores themes that are characteristic of Burgin's earlier theoretical and visual works, Some Cities is a unique insight into the artist's mind. |
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