One and Another State of Yellow

by Elian Somers ; text Francien van Westrenen

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Auteur(s)

Elian Somers, Francien van Westrenen

Editor(s)

Elian Somers

Uitgever, jaar

Amsterdam : Fw:Books, 2017

Omvang

[40] ; leporello poster + booklet + card + c-print p., geïllustreerd, 34 cm.

ISBN

9789490119508

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The work ‘One and Another State of Yellow’ (2013–2017) by Elian Somers studies the interplay between urban planning, ideologies and psychological warfare around two landscapes of ‘war’ in the United States of America: El Paso on the United States-Mexico border and Washington DC, its capital city. El Paso is an American double city with Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. In 2010 Juárez was listed as the deadliest city in the world. At the same time El Paso was listed as the safest city of the United States. Washington DC can be seen as the US overall war and control apparatus. ‘One and Another State of Yellow’ questions urban landscapes of deception, and more hypothetically, ways in which architecture and urban planning can be strategically employed – as psychological warfare strategies, i.e. propaganda, military deception, perception management – to construct threat, or stimulate fear, or even to deceive an audience or enemy.

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Persoon als onderwerp

Elian Somers

Locatie in de bibliotheek

Kast 19 - 1: Architectuur en macht