*뉴욕시 미니어쳐 [ alan wolfson ] canal st. cross-section

미니어처에서 뉴욕시내의 단편을
읽을 수 있다.
미니어쳐는 공간 그리고 인간 삶을
작은 박스안에 담아 표현한다.

지금도 우리는 여러가지 모형을
통해 사전에 우리가 계획하고 디자인한
공간에 대하여 형태에 대하여
작게나마 검증 할 수 있다.

미니어쳐는 그래서 우리가 가보지 못한 곳을
보여주기도 하고 우리가 이미 보아왔던 것에 대해
깊은 통찰력으로 보여주기도 한다.

like a 'core sample of a city street', american artist alan wolfson's 'canal st. cross-section' renders in miniature
both the street level views and the underground worlds of a subway car and platform of canal street in new york city.

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wolfson's pieces are composed primarily of plastic, with structural components of sheet acrylic and details out of styrene,
and wood, paper, and metal as details. all components are made my hand, and the result of a lengthy process of researching,
photographing, sketching, and drafting the scene, before building a cardboard mockup and then finally beginning work on the final project.

created over the course of eighteen months, 'canal st. cross-section' combines five different miniature sets into a single box,
with viewing panes built into the walls so that the interior parts of the piece can be seen more closely. the most difficult part,
wolfson reflects, 'was to make all that architecture work together and make sense visually. I was able to do that
by having windows on the sides of the piece to accommodate the cross views. I gave the subway platform a sense of depth
by using a carefully placed mirror at the far end. as with almost all of my projects, the sight lines were critical."

like many of wolfson's miniature works, the street scene is not an exact replica of new york's canal street
but rather a combination of environments. the street's landmark rubber store is flanked by what is in reality
an eighth avenue pizza shop; the chinese massage parlor brings an element of chinatown, characteristic of canal street
but actually a few blocks away, and other shops and signage were selected to recreate the feel of the street in the late 1970s.

to this effect, wolfson explains:

'the fact that my work is in miniature is not the point; the miniature scale is the vehicle that gets you to the point,
whatever that may be for the individual viewing the work.  to me, the most important experience you take away from my work
is the story.  I’m providing you with clues to a narrative, telling a story with minute details. there are no people in these scenes,
but so much of what is there are the things people have left behind.'

from  designboom