Flight Patterns'; `The city: between topographic representation and spatialized power projects'; `Pleasures of the state'; `Citing and re-siting'; `Titanic's wake'

• Published in: Art journal (New York. 1960) 2001-06, Vol.60 (2), p.9-37
• Main Authors: Butler, Connie, Sassen, Saskia, Hipkins, Gavin, Lee Weng Choy, Sekula, Allan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0004-3249

Discusses topography and the depiction of landscapes, with reference to the exhibition Flight Patterns on show at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (12 Nov. 2000-11 Feb. 2001), featuring work by the artists Laurence Aberhart, Doug Aitken, Miles Coolidge, Caryl Davis, Center for Land Use Interpretation, Christina Fernandez, Simryn Gill, Rodney Graham, Anthony Hernandez, Gavin Hipkins, Igloolik Isuma Productions, Tim Johnson, Rachel Khedoori, Roy Kiyooka, David Lamelas, Simon Leung, Tracey Moffatt, Lee Mullican, Paul Outerbridge, Michael Parekowhai, Allan Sekula, Yuk King-tan, and Glen Wilson. There are five texts. Butler details the works exhibited at Flight Patterns, which she curated, outlines the political economist Saskia Sassen's thoughts on the formulation of the exhibition, and describes the education programme which accompanied the exhibition. Sassen explores the topography of cities from the viewpoint of a political economist. The artist Hipkins considers theme parks in the U.S.A., focusing on Disney's California Adventure in Anaheim, California, describing its three zones, and assessing the implications of its logo. Lee considers the term `global-local' in relation to Singapore and its landscape, with reference to his essay `Just what is it that makes the term global-local so widely cited, yet so annoying?', which appeared in the catalogue accompanying Flight Patterns, and highlights works by Lucas Jodogne, Lim Tzay Chuen, Lee Wen, and Ray Langenbach. The American photographer Sekula presents a selection of photographs of the film set for Titanic, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, Spain, dockworkers, a shipwreck, and the view from a ship at sea, explaining where the images were taken and how they are all connected.