Landscape
2017NYC
Representation
Color
Each drawing progressively zooms into the site. The first in the series, and the largest in scope, uses historical maps of Manhattan to identify geographic features of the site. I focused on the lines of the underground rivers, meadows, and marshlands (currently unseen) to create lines of expansion on the site, potential moments where the land breaks. As these lines part, they reveal information regarding the old landscape around what is now Hudson Yards, the Highline, and Madison Square Garden.
Later drawings in the series take on an axonometric view, using a different mode to reveal the site's hidden lines. Both modes, however, work together to depict what cannot otherwise be seen through a literal interpretation.
All collages are 36”x36”
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Seminar: Landscape Representation, Pratt SoA