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Not sure why this one looks like a negative, but it basically is used to get across the notion of bringing back / maintaining the memory of the railroad while letting it deteriorate at the same time, sort of a way of letting the memory 'rot' away and allowing the new/modern art and redevelopment to take over the site.
This one shows the juxtaposition of the old to the new, the old 'art forms' of the industrial revolution and the kinetic sculptures (just as an example) as the newer, more modern art forms birthed from the industrial revolution's advances. Links to Jansen's kinetic sculptures are below, including 'Rhinoceros' pictured above.

For Tuesday's jury:
This week I have been working on drawings relating to my site. So far there are 3 completed photo sketches of potential interventions on the site, as well as 2 diagrams of new pathways across / bridging the site, and the splitting of buildings. This splitting and the pathways are bringing areas for new interventions to my attention which help greatly in the design of an organizational system. In addition to these drawings, I am working on truncating the previous diagrams to hopefully help more with organization, as well as increasing the scale of the site (especially in the section drawings) in order to focus in on more specific areas.

Useful/pertinent links:
Mostly for the video at the bottom, but the images are awesome:
http://www.behance.net/Gallery/energie-in-motion/42738

This one is old, but John and Lisa weren't familiar, so here is Theo Jansen again:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMqftVhOuTw

This one is a collage of stills (2-D) by DAIM, sorry for the music, but it fits the urban art theme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhgxCwV5usY

Museo Centrale Montemartini; Juxtaposition of ancient sculpture with modern machinery:
http://eternallycool.net/?p=578

This one is awesome forms of urban/modern art, especially the Feb 1st post of Grand Central Station called 'Another Great Public...' and the DAIM post from Jan 28th called 'Tagged In Motion':
http://www.woostercollective.com/

Julian Beever chalk pavement drawings: 2-D surfaces with 3-D effects:
http://users.skynet.be/J.Beever/pave.htm

One last thing: It was mentioned by Lisa concerning the pathways across the site that a certain height is necessary for a pedestrian pathway crossing over a railroad... I mentioned before that the corporation that owns the Reading Yard, Norfolk Southern, actually moved their site and operations two miles to a different location in central PA when redevelopment schemes arose for their location... I guess this can be used as a method for avoiding many code restrictions on my specific site, but we'll see what comes up as design moves forward...

Much more to follow when I finish more drawings.