40°42′51″ N 74°00′21″ W 57 m

My research in New York is based on the idea of smooth and striated spaces.
Smooth meaning amorphous, nomadic and striated meaning metric, measurable,
sedentary.

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>From the plane on my way to New York I took a picture of a street in
Iceland.
It bends and curves naturally alongside mountains and water and reaches its
natural shape by eluding the obstacles it passes on its way.
Landscape determines infrastructure.

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New York is quite the opposite.
With its rigid grid city planning
New York represents a space
of striation to its maximum.
Infrastructure determines landscape.