walden as urban car park

01/26/2008 07:48:02 AM
In a time where we are being driven to desire the natural and the remote, it's fascinating to see somebody take a different take and look at "escape" in an urban context.

A Scottish theater company. Magentic North, is staging a production of Henry Thoreau's Walden in a car park.

Bldblog has a nice piece about it.

I think it's interesting because we seem over-burdened with natural cliches about getting out and finding escape in the natural world.

VW's "Night Driving" campaign also changed it around, challenging us us to find beauty in the urban.



Magentic North's Walden is another great example.


Posted by Ed Cotton
Tags: vw (7) urban (4) walden (1) escape (1)

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