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Cracks and Cavities | Alleyways by Lauren Wynveen A kind of counter-city opens, a negative city, that consists of empty slices between wall and wall… it is a city of cavities… like a network of dry canals on a planet of stucco and tar… -Italo Calvino, from the The City in the Seasons The exploration of the Berkeley alleyways began as a romanticized photographic endeavor to document an alternative map of the city, organic networks of circulation hidden away among the grid of the downtown. The alleyway is an unregulated space where the life from the insides of the building freely spill out into the cracks of the city. These spaces contain a strange combination of residues of the past and life from the present. In Berkeley, the alleyway exposed the life of workers and those in the food service sector. Portrayed in these images are private glimpses into the backsides of kitchens and small, rundown apartments. Behind the Saigon Express Vietnamese restaurant, the cook takes a short break, crossing his arms behind his back, to rest the hands that have been preparing spring rolls all day. The alleyways incrementally change with small, delicate moments that expose themselves only to the camera.  |
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