The cyberspace has obviously changed our virtual lives beyond recognition — heck , no - one had ‘ practical animation ’ before the net — but it ’s also had a scar , if more subtle shock on our strong-arm milieu .
Ingrid Burrington ’s project ‘ Networks of New York ’ is an attempt to decipher some of the internet infrastructure shroud in plain sight — object and symbolic representation that fill the urban landscape painting , but which you probably do n’t pay attending to ( and would n’t recognise even if you did ) .
On Burrington ’s website ( and in herbook ) , she details curiosities like the different sort of manhole and handholes you encounter in NYC , not to mention all the different kinds of antenna that hold out on lampposts and subway system political platform . There ’s also a good beginner ’s guide to street markings , the innocuous graffito that give you a cue to what sort of pipelines might be running below your metrical unit .
The website is a fascinating checklist of net base to begin with , but the $ 25 book — currently up for pre - order — promises a deeper burrowing down the rabbithole , with more explanations behind each item on the cyberspace checklist . [ Networks of New YorkviaGothamist ]
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