A maze of highway interchanges – a jumble of billboards – interlacing neon signs – juxtaposition of cities-ends and ploughed fields – shoebox urbanism – serial production of suburban zones…: on the fringe of the Urban, a new aesthetic emerges and questions the production of landscapes.

Conference speaker

Michael Jakob teaches landscape architecture at HEPIA. He also directs the collections Paysages (Infolio) and “di monte in monte” (Tararà, Verbania) as well as the comparative literature journal Compar(a)ison. His most recent publications include: 100 Paysages (2011), Le jardin et les arts (2010), Le paysage (2009), Paysage et temps(2008).

Extract : the outskirts in film

Photographic credits : Marylise Doctrinal, “Clonage”. Contract : CC 2.0.