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Essay for "Revisited: Transportation" (by Carsten Rees).
Erik Krause 2020-Jul-30 15:16:00
Hello,
finally the essay for the next event. Sorry for being late (my fault
entirely, I published on the contribution server and forgot to do it
here and in the FB group...)
Revisited: Transportation
With this event we are starting a new series: Revisited. There have been
so many great themes for the World Wide Panorama over the last 16 (!!!)
years. Why not have a Look how the locations of these events have
changed? Or let?s see how the perception or the interpretation of these
themes have changed over the years. By introducing this series, we want
to open a somewhat ?multidimensional? dialog: One between different
perceptions, a dialog between different interpretations, dialog over the
years and sometimes even a dialog with your own old panoramas. But what
shall we revisit first? Since Brideshead has never been a theme of the
WWP, we have started a little poll. And the winner is: Transportation!
The theme of the September event 2006. Let?s have a look at the old essay:
Transportation
The English word transportation derives from the Latin 'trans-' meaning
'across', 'beyond', or 'through' and 'portare' meaning 'to carry'. It is
defined as 'a system or means of conveying people or goods from place to
place'.
The theme can be applied to so much more than just the obvious
automobiles, airplanes, and trains. Anything that moves from one place
to another has been transported. A person's own two feet are a form of
transportation. A power line transports energy from one place to another
the way a river transports not only water but also goods.
Some of the more obvious subjects also can be excellent panoramic
themes. Most people have been on a commercial jetliner, but many have
never seen the cockpit or perhaps the first class cabin. A train may be
a normal form of transportation where you are, but a sleeping car may be
something that others of us have only seen in movies. Ferries,
hovercrafts, spacecraft, small SMART cars, large Hummers, motorcycles,
the cab of a big rig, an object movie of a Segway, running shoes, pit
row of a NASCAR event, the inside of a huge recreational vehicle - just
a couple of ideas. But don't rule out some of the less obvious
connections to the theme. Not the actual form of transportation, but the
medium that makes it possible. Roads, bridges, waterways, train tracks,
train stations, airports, harbors, ports, even parking lots. Also the
things that make transportation possible: auto dealerships, oil
refineries, gas stations, even oil derricks.
A panorama is also a form of transportation, even if virtually, it takes
the viewer to another place and allows them to steer their attention
where they want to.
Almost any panorama can be connected to transportation somehow, but
we're asking you to try to tell a story with your choice and connect it
to the theme. Be as literal or creative as you want. And please provide
us with at least a bit of a caption describing why you chose the subject
you did and how you feel it connects to the theme of transportation.
Remember, without transportation everything stops.
--
Erik Krause
http://www.erik-krause.de
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