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can be applied in a new space/place – a hybrid reality or a utopia under
the concept of a new urbanism. To describe these concepts more
effectively, I will provide appropriate examples from Olafure Eliasson’s
solo exhibition Take Your Time and Norman Foster’s Crystal Island.
Figure 10. Olafur Eliasson,
The weather project,
Tate Modern, 2003-4
Take your time Olafure Eliasson’s recent exhibition, Take Your Time,
in SF MOMA, is an interesting reference because his works are about
“seeing yourself sensing.” He proposed the concept, being alter,
“progression constantly in dialog with the viewer (Eliasson, 2003 in his
interview)” The important points in his proposal are the individual’s idea
of space, duration, and the view of him or herself. In contemporary society,
it is easy to lose individuals’ sense with cultural mass media imagery. I
think, like Guattari mentioned, individuality is an important aspect can
be used to recreate a valuable urban life. In her review on ARTFORUM,
Anne M. Wager says;
[W]hereas for Eliasson, “seeing yourself sensing”– being alter, that is, to
your self and surroundings - has long been the goal.... In “take your time”,
“your” perception is the theme. For Eliasson the topic is not new. Yet it
seems to have taken a while for him to realize who exactly who you might
be, and how they should deposing of their time.
Figure 11.Norman Foster,
Crystal Island, 2007
*A new mixed-use destination
for Moscow
Crystal Island For the future, I can imagine other types of places
where we can live, like those we see in Science Fiction movies: for
example a hybrid space where we actually live now, the outer space,
and a new form of space, such as the one proposed by Norman Foster,
who is a London-based architect, and contributed to the design of
Crystal Island. How are physical space and nature reconceptualised
by the new technologies built within new/hybrid environments
What kinds of interaction will be possible in the new/hybrid space
In this regard, Norman Foster’s Crystal Island project is remarkable.
Forster sees Crystal Island as a paradigm of compact, mixed-use,
sustainable city planning, with an innovative energy strategy and
‘smart’ skin, which buffers against climate extremes.
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