TO SEE BETTER WHAT IS HAPPENING OR HOW TO SEE THINGS THAT DO NOT EASILY GIVE THEMSELVES UP TO THE LENS
"ERLINlS SURFACE DISPLAYS ITlS LAYERED PAST )TS DIFüCULT TO RECONCILE RELATIONSHIP WITH .ATIONAL 3OCIALISMlS REGIMES OF EXTERMINATION THE #OLD 7ARlS WALL OPERATING A FAULT LINE BETWEEN FAMILIES POLITICAL IDEOLOGIES ECONOMIC SYSTEMS AND LIFESTYLES 4HE PAST LEAVES ITS IMPRINT ON A CITY THAT kREMEMBERS FORGETFULLYl "ITS OF THE WALL SERVE NEW MORE POSITIVE PURPOSES AND MARK NEW BOUNDARIES &ORMER FACTORIES AND COMMUNAL BATHHOUSES PROVIDE STUDIO AND EXHIBITION SPACE FOR ARTISTS 4HE ARCHITECTURAL FABRIC OF THE OLD AND THE AVANT GARDE AGITATE EACH OTHER AND THE NEW MODERN MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTURE THAT STRETCHES ALONG THE RIVER PROVIDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE POLITICAL CENTRE OF THE NEW ORDER 'RAND SPACES BUILT FOR IMAGINED SOCIALITIES HOST ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN STRANGERS AND THE WANDERINGS OF CITIZENS TOURISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS "UT THESE ARE SUPERüCIAL OBSERVATIONS 5NDERSTANDING HOW THESE SPACES ARE CONSTITUTED AND SUSTAINED THEIR OLD GHOSTS AND THEIR NEW PURPOSES AND HOW SMALL THINGS MAP ONTO BIGGER SCHEMES TAKES TIME DETAILED INVESTIGATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH URBAN THEORY -OVING FROM SURFACE TO MOBILITY IT IS EVIDENT THAT CITIES ARE INHERENTLY MOBILE WHICH IS TO SAY THAT THEY ARE CONSTITUTED IN HUMAN MOBILITY AS DE #ERTEAU SUGGESTS #ITIES ARE ALWAYS COMPOSED IN THE ROUTES PEOPLE CHART THROUGH THEM "UT THESE ARE MUTUAL ACTS OF CONSTITUTION 4HE CITY STREETS MAKE LIVES AND THEMSELVES IN THE CLATTER OF FOOTSTEPS JOURNEYS THAT ARE AS EXISTENTIAL AND IDIOSYNCRATIC AS THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT RESULT #ITIES ARE INDEED COMPOSED IN LARGE AND SMALL SCALE MOBILITIES AND THIS CONSTANT MOVEMENT IS THE MOST STRIKING FEATURE OF CITIES 5RBAN MOBILITY CHALLENGES THE FREEZE FRAME OF THE LENS THAT EXTRACTS AND DISPLAYS MOMENTS IN THE ČOW OF ACTIVITIES AND THINGS THAT MAKE UP URBAN LIFE 7HAT DOES THIS MAKING OF CITIES IN MOBILITY ENTAIL $ISSEMBLING MOBILITY WE CAN SEE THAT IT IS COMPOSED IN MULTIPLE *OURNEYS INVOLVING SPECIüC ITINERARIES CONNECTING PLACES ACROSS NEIGHBORHOODS OR CONTINENTS 3CALE IS IMPORTANT BUT URBAN SCHOLARS HAVE BECOME TRANSüXED BY TRANSNATIONAL MOBILITY WHEN IN FACT SHORT JOURNEYS ARE AS SIGNIüCANT AS LONG ONES "ORROWING FROM )NGOLD WE CAN THINK OF A JOURNEY AS A CONTINUOUS ITINERARY A MATRIX OF MOVEMENT A KIND OF CARRYING ALONG A PATH #ONNECTING PLACES BRINGS THEM INTO A NETWORK OF COMING AND GOING SO JOURNEYS ARE THE VERY SOCIAL PRACTICES THAT CONNECT AND CONSTITUTE SPACE ! PLACE IS MADE IN THE TANGLE OF JOURNEYS CROSSING IT *OURNEYS CARRY PLANS INTENTION THAT IS NOT ALWAYS REALIZED 3O JOURNEYS ARE OPEN UNFOLDING POSSIBILITIES SOMETIMES MOVING IN NEW AND UNPREDICTABLE DIRECTIONS WITHIN THE STRUCTURES OF BIGGER JOURNEYS &OR URBAN AND TRANSNATIONAL MIGRANTS ROUTINE JOURNEYS ARE FRAMED BY LONGER JOURNEYS ANOTHER MATRIX OF CONNECTION