Sunday, August 17, 2008

On this spot nothing will ever happen-and nothing ever has

Greece is littered with Ruins, both Ancient and Modern. The Ancient Ruins were the homes and temples of people from an imagined glorious past. They were born, they lived and they died in these spaces, assigning them an ongoing significance. The Modern Ruins are the exact opposite. They are buildings that have been half-built but never completed either because the money for construction has run out or bureaucratic delay has led to their abandonment. No one has ever lived or worked there and its unlikely that anyone ever will. They are anti-monuments, signifiers of what has not happened rather than what has.














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