House imprints

photo by Marcus Buck

Pruned blog writes:

(From our repository of decorative whatnots and filler knickknackeries, this photogenic ghostly imprint of aborted architecture. Some refer to them as medianeras, others as the unconscious art of demolition. Our own fancy phraseology is urban graffiti of absence. The photograph above by Marcus Buck comes from his photo series called Restarchitektur, viewable via “Freie Arbeiten” on his flash website. With thanks to the artist for the photo.)

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These inadvertent documentations of houses remind me of Rachel Whiteread's work. Whiteread is best known for her negative-space casts of rooms and houses: