May 24, 2005
Unseen City: Cape Town/Amsterdam
Journey of Mutual Discovery
"Unseen City is a unique project aimed at restoring the torn halves of two cities that have been both pulled apart, and conjoined by a shared history. Situated in the digital domain (intranet, web streaming, electronic and orthodox publication), Unseen City will evolve into a multi-author, multi-language publication — grounded in history and yet mindful of the propensity of youth to refigure issues of urbanity, culture, heritage and social inclusion.
...In line with the observation that the single most important invention of recent times (the world wide web), did not arise from the academies, this publication will focus on the work of artists, grafitti-ists, muralists, poets, architects, dramatists, community artists, and social interventionists who came to recognition through the ‘university of the streets’..."
Posted by jo at May 24, 2005 07:14 PM