Graham Coreil-Allen

Names vs. The Nothing

This is the first site along the tour. In here we have a void. I remember the building that used to stand here, it was painted blue. Passing through it, you can imagine how us, as ghosts – should the building be standing here – would have to actually be invisible to pass through these walls and now it’s the reverse. The building is the ghost and we’re passing through these walls.

Graham Coreil-Allen & Roman Mars, 99% Invisible
99percentinvisible.org
1. New Public Sites
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New Public Sites

A Place by Graham Coreil-Allen
newpublicsites.org

New Public Sites walking tours explore the history, design and uses of public spaces. Through walking tours, maps and videos, Public Artist Graham Coreil-Allen pushes pedestrian agency, interprets aspects of the everyday and investigates the negotiable nature of the built environment. New Public Sites invites you to practice “radical pedestrianism” – traveling by foot through infinite sites of freedom while testing the limits of and redefining public space.
1. Names vs. The Nothing
- urbanism
- walking

Names vs. The Nothing

This is the first site along the tour. In here we have a void. I remember the building that used to stand here, it was painted blue. Passing through it, you can imagine how us, as ghosts – should the building be standing here – would have to actually be invisible to pass through these walls and now it’s the reverse. The building is the ghost and we’re passing through these walls.

Graham Coreil-Allen & Roman Mars, 99% Invisible

99percentinvisible.org