The Non-Space Network, 2016-2021.
is a digital archive that I created when I began capturing images of mundane sites. Other people then began sending me images with the question attached, “is this a Non-Space?”. I created a series of paradoxical guidelines to classify Non-Spaces for this archive.
To determine if you have found a Non-Space review the following guidelines.
- A space of transit. Not a destination.
- A place of globalization, not associated to one specific culture.
- A Non-Space is a shifting place.
- A Non-Space can only be “Non”, if the person in the place is encountering the place temporarily.
- A Non-Space is distinct of this era, and as things become historical, their “Non” will diminish, or it will need to be updated/renovated.
- Because a Non-Space is always shifting, It might be a categorization of space or even as a metaphorical construct.
- They exist as a place of global consumption, rather than as a result of geographical and social condition.
- Non-places are easily reproducible.
- Non-places are a construct of Super-Modernity.
- Non-Spaces are spaces of anonymity.
- Non-Spaces are communal spaces.
- Non-Spaces are spaces of waiting.
- Once you are aware of a non-place it becomes a Non-Space. If you find yourself examining the architecture, the noise, your body, other bodies in Super Modern spaces, this is a Non-Space.
To submit a Non-Space
please email images and location in the contact section.