THE LIVING CITY Process
The Living City
In the city, the soul of humanity hides
behind masks of iron and concrete. To run
one’s had along an iron railing is to caress
the hand of a fellow human. Every object we encounter is the product
of a social process involving millions of
human beings around the globe. Yet, we
see these objects only as they appear on
the surface -- a concrete slab, a glass
window pane, a fraying iphone charger.We often fail to recognize that a complex cosmos of human activity is embedded within every surface of the city.
The following textile studies are an attempt to reinsert the humanity into what we take for granted as merely ossified structures of the urban environment.