Googlescapes: Landscape in the Post-Photographic Era
An article in Artpress n°440 (January 2017, pp. 59-65) examines how Google Street View and Google Earth provide a photographic double of the planet, a 19th-century fantasy now realized. These tools renew the landscape genre and invite a rethinking of the concept itself. The text suggests that with such devices, one can undertake virtual hikes through landscapes, altering traditional notions of representation and experience.
Key facts
- Published in Artpress n°440, January 2017
- Article spans pages 59-65
- Focuses on Google Street View and Google Earth
- Describes these as offering a photographic double of the planet
- Claims this fulfills a 19th-century fantasy
- Argues they renew the landscape genre
- Invites rethinking the notion of landscape
- Mentions virtual hikes as a new possibility
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- Artpress
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