Tuesday, 2 January 2024

nonsite-Iberian Peninsula


nonsite - Portugal 

"There’s a central focus point which is the non-site is the unfocused fringe where your mind loses its boundaries and a sense of the oceanic pervades, as it were. I like the idea of quiet catastrophes taking place…. The interesting thing about the site is that unlike the non-site, it throws you to the fringes. In other words, there is nothing to grasp onto except cinders, and there is no way of focusing on a particular place"

Reference Smithson, R, 1996, The Collected Writings, New York University Press, New York, USA

nonsite - Spain





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