Images of the City Imagination, Representation, Juxtaposition, Criticism

Experience and imagination Experience ◦ Five senses – which are preeminent? ◦ Lynch’s “city image” ◦ Focus on the “built environment” or on social interactions? ◦ Juxtapositions (large v. small, rich v. poor, nature v. buildings) Story-telling ◦ Journalism ◦ Fiction ◦ Condemnation and critique (“sin city”) Imagination ◦ Visual – painting, photography ◦ Cinematic – “urban narrative and visual representation” ◦ Music – from the city, of the city, about the city September 13, 20152The City and Citizenship

Describing the City Journalism ◦ Investigative journalism  exposes of politics, poverty, etc.  Jacob Riis: “How the Other Half Lives”  Upton Sinclair: “The Jungle”  Mike Royko: “Boss” ◦ “portraits” of neighborhoods  “In the Loop” (in Chicago Tribune Sunday magazine)  Neighborhood blogs, e.g. Brooklyn’s Brownstoner or Hyde Park on “Outside In”BrownstonerHyde Park Fiction ◦ Urban settings and urban problems  Crime and sin (drugs, prostitution)  Wealth and poverty (juxtaposed)  Violence and conflict (gangs, strikes, riots, revolutions) ◦ The “city” as an entity  Noir crime dramas (L.A., New York, New Orleans)  Science fiction (e.g. Dhalgren) September 13, 20153The City and Citizenship

Condemning the City Buruma and Margalit ◦ Attack on World Trade Center  Aimed at U.S., American dominance, global capitalism, the West  But, also at “the city”  More specifically, “cities given to commerce and pleasure instead of religious worship” (138) ◦ Not just a reaction of fundamentalist Islamists  “whore of Babylon”  “internal” criticisms of modern cities Juxtaposition of pleasure and commerce ◦ Cities are centers of entertainment, shopping ◦ Places to “escape” small-town strictures ◦ Symbolic centrality of sex trade ◦ City as “zoo of depraved animals” ◦ “city slickers” are flashy, deceptive, cold September 13, 20154The City and Citizenship

Stout: Visions of a New Reality The city in painting - impressionism ◦ Impressionists examined city, not just countryside ◦ Gustave Caillebotte Gustave Caillebotte ◦ Claude Monet Claude Monet Social realism (Ashcan School) ◦ Edward Hopper Edward Hopper ◦ John Sloan John Sloan Photography ◦ Alfred Stieglitz Alfred Stieglitz ◦ Aerial photography Aerial photography ◦ Amateur photography Amateur photography September 13, 20155The City and Citizenship

Gustave Caillebotte ( ) Paris, Rainy Day The Pont de l’Europe September 13, 20156The City and Citizenship

Claude Monet ( ) Impression, Soleil Levant Unloading Coal September 13, 20157The City and Citizenship

Edward Hopper ( ) The Lily Apartments Nighthawks September 13, The City and Citizenship

John Sloan ( ) Rain, Rooftops, West 4th Street Night Windows September 13, The City and Citizenship

Alfred Stieglitz ( ) Two Towers, New York Old and New NY September 13, The City and Citizenship

Aerial Photographs of Chicago September 13, The City and Citizenship

Amateur Photographs of Chicago September 13, The City and Citizenship Construction in South Loop El Tracks at Lake and WabashPerformance ArtMetra Train near condos Icy RiverSkaters in Millennium Park Oktoberfest in Federal Plaza Blues Festival 2008Immigration Rally May 1, 2006

The City in Cinema and Music Cinematic Visions ◦ Blade Runner (Ridley Scott) Blade Runner ◦ Metropolis (Fritz Lang) Metropolis ◦ Manhattan (Woody Allen) Manhattan Music (Videos) ◦ Bourgeois Blues (Leadbelly) Bourgeois Blues ◦ Downtown (Petula Clark) Downtown ◦ Summer in the City (Lovin’ Spoonful) Summer in the City ◦ In the City (The Eagles, from the movie “The Warriors”) In the City ◦ City of Angels (Ozomatli) City of Angels ◦ My City of Ruins (Bruce Springsteen) My City of Ruins Other (pop) music about cities ◦ “My City Was Gone” (The Pretenders) ◦ “Bad Luck City” (R.L. Burnside) ◦ “Living for the City” (Stevie Wonder) ◦ “Motor City Is Burning” (MC5) ◦ “Sin City” (Gram Parsons) ◦ And, of course “Cities” (Talking Heads) September 13, 2015The City and Citizenship13