Thursday, November 21, 2013

GWNY161


Top of the Rock in The Channel [GWNY161]
GWNY161, a photo by jankor on Flickr.
Guess Where in New York this is taken! After the correct guess I'll provide the right answer, a map location, tags and such over there on Flickr.

Tuesday, November 19, 2013

5Pointz at a dead end

5Pointz at a dead end by jankor
5Pointz at a dead end, a photo by jankor on Flickr.
5Pointz is at a dead end. The famous aerosol art center in Queens 5Pointz lost a lawsuit for its endurance to the owners of the building. In the morning of November 19th, 2013, it was painted white, graffitti from a ten year period are destroyed. The St. Davis building complex is slated for demolition and shall be replaced with a new development of luxury apartments. More here: www.nydailynews.com/new-york/5-pointz-finished-article-1....

Monday, November 18, 2013

Friday, November 15, 2013

Thursday, November 14, 2013

GWNY153

GWNY153 by jankor
GWNY153, a photo by jankor on Flickr.

Guess Where in New York? Find the answer on my Flickr pages

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Monday, November 11, 2013

Reflecting Absence - Void

Reflecting Absence - Void by jankor
Reflecting Absence - Void, a photo by jankor on Flickr.

Reflecting Absence, one of the two pools at the 9/11 memorial for the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sep 11, 2001 by architects Michael Arad and Peter Walker. Their submission text for the competition can be found here: www.wtcsitememorial.org/fin7.html
The pools reflect the footprint of the former World Trade Center towers. The water goes over the edge and causes an enormous white noise and sucking feeling. Optically, the water pulls the viewer down to the level where the water collects in the pool before it disappears into a huge, square shaped hole in the middle of the pool. The viewer can't see where this water goes, it simply disappears in a roar while sometimes spray above the pools collects the colors of the rainbow. Hardly any memorial has ever touched me so intensely.

Reflecting Absence - Fall

Reflecting Absence - Fall by jankor
Reflecting Absence - Fall, a photo by jankor on Flickr.

Reflecting Absence, one of the two pools at the 9/11 memorial for the attacks on the World Trade Center on Sep 11, 2001 by architects Michael Arad and Peter Walker. Their submission text for the competition can be found here: www.wtcsitememorial.org/fin7.html
The pools reflect the footprint of the former World Trade Center towers. The water goes over the edge and causes an enormous white noise and sucking feeling. Optically, the water pulls the viewer down to the level where the water collects in the pool before it disappears into a huge, square shaped hole in the middle of the pool. The viewer can't see where this water goes, it simply disappears in a roar while sometimes spray above the pools collects the colors of the rainbow. Hardly any memorial has ever touched me so intensely.