MAGIC - Cooper Union · MAGIC PLOT is an award-winning annual journal produced by the Master of...
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MAGIC PLOT is an award-winning annual journal produced by the Master of Landscape Architecture students of the City College of New York’s Spitzer School of Architecture. The theme of PLOT Volume 7 is MAGIC. Magic is defined as the possession of extraordinary power over natural forces, seemingly from a supernatural source. Yet it is oſten perceived as mere illusion, with its effects produced by sleight of hand. While science is generally understood as a search for the truth, many believe in magic… is it real or just an illusion? Landscape architects traffic in illusion, with the incantation or transformation of so-called natural processes. Are our western binaries merely incapable of understanding the anthropologies of magic and science? Reflecting on this dialectic, the eponymous Thor (2011, Kenneth Branagh) states “Your ancestors called it Magic, but you call it Science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.” What is MAGIC? MAGIC submissions are open to all: students, professors, performers, practitioners, collaborators, and friends. Submissions may be drawings, speculative texts, card tricks, charms, etc. Please feel free to speak with any member of the PLOT Editorial Team (MLA second-year students) or faculty editor Catherine Seavitt Nordenson to discuss your ideas and thoughts. Send submissions of MS Word text documents and / or high resolution imagery via email to [email protected]. SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday February 19, 2018 CALL fOR SUBMIssIOnS THE PLOT EDITORIAL TEAM Nusrat Alam Hana Georg Aly Martori Suko Presseau Garrett Ray Justin Robertson Anna Speidel Jake Fiss-Hobart QUESTIONS? [email protected] Image: Superstudio
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MAGICPLOT is an award-winning annual journal produced by the Master of Landscape Architecture students of the City College of New York’s Spitzer School of Architecture. The theme of PLOT Volume 7 is MAGIC. Magic is defined as the possession of extraordinary power over natural forces, seemingly from a supernatural source. Yet it is often perceived as mere illusion, with its effects produced by sleight of hand. While science is generally understood as a search for the truth, many believe in magic… is it real or just an illusion? Landscape architects traffic in illusion, with the incantation or transformation of so-called natural processes. Are our western binaries merely incapable of understanding the anthropologies of magic and science? Reflecting on this dialectic, the eponymous Thor (2011, Kenneth Branagh) states “Your ancestors called it Magic, but you call it Science. I come from a land where they are one and the same.” What is MAGIC?
MAGIC submissions are open to all: students, professors, performers, practitioners, collaborators, and friends. Submissions may be drawings, speculative texts, card tricks, charms, etc. Please feel free to speak with any member of the PLOT Editorial Team (MLA second-year students) or faculty editor Catherine Seavitt Nordenson to discuss your ideas and thoughts.
Send submissions of MS Word text documents and / or high resolution imagery via email to [email protected].
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday February 19, 2018
call for submissionsTHE PLOT EDITORIAL TEAM Nusrat AlamHana GeorgAly MartoriSuko PresseauGarrett RayJustin RobertsonAnna SpeidelJake Fiss-Hobart
QUESTIONS? [email protected]
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