The World's Fair Project: The Once-Grand Spectacle Sites Today
source: http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/once-a-worlds-fair-the-once-grand-spectacle-site...
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“Once a World’s Fair” is a collection of photographs by Jade Doskow; the series includes architectural images taken at World’s Fair sites all over the world, from both the 19th and 20th centuries. Doskow has been tracking down each site, one by one, to see how the once-grand spectacle sites exist today. She was interested in finding out about what happened to the World’s Fair as a concept, as well as in seeing how the old sites and structures are being used presently in their communities.
Doskow found that there has been considerable arbitrariness about how the sites and structures that remain from these large events currently exist in time. Often, the hosting city has used the fair as a purpose to turn an unused part of the city into a public park. Typically, it appeared that little foresight had been given to how the city could possibly afford to maintain these large and often strangely engineered buildings over time. In addition, she found that while the World’s Fair structures were meant to reference “the future,” in the actual future many of them appear poorly maintained, very outdated and quite odd.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and three documentary short films from other sources.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/once-a-worlds-fair-the-once-grand-sp...
Doskow found that there has been considerable arbitrariness about how the sites and structures that remain from these large events currently exist in time. Often, the hosting city has used the fair as a purpose to turn an unused part of the city into a public park. Typically, it appeared that little foresight had been given to how the city could possibly afford to maintain these large and often strangely engineered buildings over time. In addition, she found that while the World’s Fair structures were meant to reference “the future,” in the actual future many of them appear poorly maintained, very outdated and quite odd.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, a slide show and three documentary short films from other sources.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/once-a-worlds-fair-the-once-grand-sp...
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Hello, just a note --- 'Once a World's Fair' is not my website, it is a feature on my photographs. My project is called 'The Worlds' Fair Project' and can be found on my website, www.jadedoskowphotography.com
I have nothing to do with the documentary films on this site either. Please correct this information. Thank you!
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