Hindelang, Laura (16 March 2019). Vertical Vision. Aerial Photography, Petroleum Prospecting and the City of the Future (Unpublished). In: The Life Worlds of Middle Eastern Oil. New York University, Abu Dhabi. 16.03.2019.
The paper examines the history of aerial photography as pivotal (petroleum-based) technology of oil prospecting and later of urban planning in the Gulf region. In particular, it analyzes the subsequent establishment of a visual regime of viewing the region remotely from above. Taking Kuwait as a case study, I argue that the aerial view stimulated urban visions, disembodied imaginaries of a future city of Kuwait. And disseminated as map-like illustrations in newspaper and journal articles on Kuwait, the abstract vertical vision of Kuwait City became an influential visual representation of the country, and, implicitly, also of petroleum.
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Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History 06 Faculty of Humanities > Department of Art and Cultural Studies > Institute of Art History > Architectural History and Preservation |
UniBE Contributor: |
Hindelang, Laura |
Subjects: |
700 Arts 700 Arts > 720 Architecture 700 Arts > 770 Photography & computer art 900 History > 950 History of Asia |
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English |
Submitter: |
Laura Katharina Hindelang |
Date Deposited: |
09 Jan 2020 10:15 |
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05 Dec 2022 15:35 |
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https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/138264 |
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