BUREAUCRATIC VISION
A landscape like the Port of Rotterdam abstracts the human view from its on-the-ground reality, reducing complex operations into manageable, seemingly ordered visuals. It projects a world of frictionless circulation while restricting access and redirecting attention. Up close, the landscape remains elusive—fences block entry, security dictates movement, and critical aspects of port operations stay out of sight. Distance isn’t just a byproduct of logistics; it’s a tool for managing perception.
The Bureau works within and against this logic, using photography to examine how logistical landscapes construct their own image. The Bureau’s panoramic photographs mimic the sweeping views of ports and terminals, adopting the visual logic of logistics while also exposing its contradictions. These photographs function both as industrial traces and acts of visual reclamation, turning Bureaucratic Vision back on itself. They reveal how logistics constructs its own visibility, inviting us to reconsider what it means to see—and be seen—within this system.
A landscape like the Port of Rotterdam abstracts the human view from its on-the-ground reality, reducing complex operations into manageable, seemingly ordered visuals. It projects a world of frictionless circulation while restricting access and redirecting attention. Up close, the landscape remains elusive—fences block entry, security dictates movement, and critical aspects of port operations stay out of sight. Distance isn’t just a byproduct of logistics; it’s a tool for managing perception.
The Bureau works within and against this logic, using photography to examine how logistical landscapes construct their own image. The Bureau’s panoramic photographs mimic the sweeping views of ports and terminals, adopting the visual logic of logistics while also exposing its contradictions. These photographs function both as industrial traces and acts of visual reclamation, turning Bureaucratic Vision back on itself. They reveal how logistics constructs its own visibility, inviting us to reconsider what it means to see—and be seen—within this system.
BUREAUCRATIC VISION
A landscape like the Port of Rotterdam abstracts the human view from its on-the-ground reality, reducing complex operations into manageable, seemingly ordered visuals. It projects a world of frictionless circulation while restricting access and redirecting attention. Up close, the landscape remains elusive—fences block entry, security dictates movement, and critical aspects of port operations stay out of sight. Distance isn’t just a byproduct of logistics; it’s a tool for managing perception.
A landscape like the Port of Rotterdam abstracts the human view from its on-the-ground reality, reducing complex operations into manageable, seemingly ordered visuals. It projects a world of frictionless circulation while restricting access and redirecting attention. Up close, the landscape remains elusive—fences block entry, security dictates movement, and critical aspects of port operations stay out of sight. Distance isn’t just a byproduct of logistics; it’s a tool for managing perception.