Cupers, Kenny. 2005. WHERE DO YOU BREATHE? Sociology Working Papers, pp. 1-14. [Article]

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The project wheredoyoubreathe.net consists of three elements: a photographic essay, an urban intervention, and a website. The photographic essay forms an investigation of the city through the act of walking. As opposed to the image of the city as a dense world and a conglomerate of vibrant urban spaces full of things, the photographic essay tries to portray it as a tranquilised terrain open to contemplation, a post-industrial and uprooted, yet surprisingly bucolic landscape where one can roam and linger. By walking the landscape, open yet personal spaces get revealed alongside the city’s designated living, working or sociable spaces. They function as possible chill-out spaces for the city walker, and could be called ‘breathing spaces’. The photographic essay is as much a search for this specific urban space as it is an evocation of London as a fluid landscape of possibility.

Item Type:	Article
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Sociology
Dates:	Date Event 2005 Published
Item ID:	8342
Date Deposited:	31 May 2013 15:22
Last Modified:	29 Apr 2020 15:51
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/8342

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