(All images courtesy of evoldaily, reproduced with permission)
This shortlived miniature city was the work of Berlin-based artist EVOL, whose intriguing urban art installations have a habit of appearing where you’d least expect them, including the walls of an abandoned slaughterhouse. Created for the MS Dockville arts and music festival in a field outside Hamburg, Germany, the temporary installation featured several city blocks carved out of the earth, allowing visitors to walk like giants amid the minitiature streets.
Like the artist’s other works, EVOL stenciled images onto sheets of paper to create the effect of dismal concrete buildings. But the lack of pre-existing structures marked a departure from his previous urban art. After dark, a faint light rose from the earth, urging visitors to explore the strange city while they had the chance – the installation disappeared after the festival’s close on August 14.
Weburbanist wrote: “It is easy to imagine a city like this actually existing one day. Our cities already feature numerous green roofs and rooftop gardens, after all. Building underground is already a proven way to take advantage of natural insulation, so cities like this may not remain firmly in the realm of fantasy forever.”
