I was looking out at Drawn! and this particular artist caught my eye, not immediately but luckily I took the time and ventured into his site and through his portfolio.
Jörg Block's style, almost repetitive and simple yet what really stands out is his infinite flow of ideas and play of irony. Face it, whatever it is you do, the core idea is the essence. Originality and innovativity will certainly get you far.
Lots to look at on his site. He plays with quite a few mediums too. Brilliant ideas coming from this artist's head.
the human informs about the scale while the emptiness of the roads emphasizes the intimadating sheer size of the superstructures
One section of his works deal with the highways. Personally, I came across some really interesting ideas and debates about highways, particularly American highways (or freeways is probably the more correct term here). Freeways, flyovers, cross sections were built extensively during the 1960s and 70s as they were considered the new modern road system. So I suppose you could call it a construction-hype thing. People just thought it was the right and timely thing to do.
So, gradually in the 80s, enviromentalists started to complain about their affects to the surroundings (noise, pollution, urban decay, aesthetic). I remember hearing one American city (probably Boston?) had these superstructures running through the city, they were considered efficient back then but now obsolete and unable to deal with the immense traffic volume and in the process, divided the city and created run-down unused areas around them. I think they took them down and replaced them with underground highways.
The other scenario that I came across was; what if there will no longer be cars? In other words, the cars superseded the roads. Cars will be floating in mid-air, so what do we do with all these roads?
I'll leave you at that.
Oya-sumi~
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