The Urban Alphabet

Installation view (frontal), Praterstern, Vienna, 2009

Installation view (frontal), Praterstern, Vienna, 2009
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Installation view (frontal), Praterstern, Vienna, 2009
Installation view (frontal), Praterstern, Vienna, 2009
Installation view, Praterstern, Vienna, 2009
Detail of the walldrawing (Amsterdam)
Detail of the walldrawing (Berlin)
Detail of the walldrawing (Chongching)
Detail of the walldrawing (Delhi)
Detail of the walldrawing (Edmonton)
Detail of the walldrawing (Guangzhou)
Detail of the walldrawing (Xian)
Detail of the walldrawing (Vienna; Warsaw)

A temporary art project in public space at the Praterstern, Vienna.

26 city maps were chosen to form the basic characters of a fictitious global alphabet of urban topographies.

List of maps in alphabetic order: Amsterdam, Berlin, Chongqing, Delhi, Edmonton, Florence, Guangzhou, Hongkong, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Kyoto, Las Vegas, Moscow, Nairobi, Oslo, Phnom Penh, Quebec, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney, Tehran, Ulaanbaatar, Vienna, Warsaw, Xi'an, Yaoundé, Ziguinchor.

 

 

Year: 2009

Dimensions: 620 x 560 cm

Exhibition: Urban Signs - Local Strategies II

Curated by Ursula Maria Probst, Walter Seidl, Martin Wagner