{"product_id":"substation-pietermaritzburg-2007","title":"Substation, Pietermaritzburg, 2007","description":"\u003cp\u003eTropical breezeblocks seem out of place in this brutalist substation, but the marriage of leisure materials and utter practicality might be part of this unit's appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis photo forms part of an ongoing investigation into infrastructure and how it appears to the citizens living close to it and being frustrated or served by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMy layperson's interest in Heidegger, who believes that infrastructure either appears or disappears depending on whether or not it's working, would seem instructive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe chances of this electricity substation being on the blink in South Africa are high because the state electricity provider has tanked. Heidegger would argue that when shit is working, it's less obvious, but what happens when the normal state of infrastructure is kaputness?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo make themselves visible, rioters agitating for functional infrastructure and service delivery often destroy infrastructure ala own-goal. Why is this? What the hell is going on here!?! A strike to the state's cajones?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlease enjoy the pleasing patterns that this photo presents in such fine detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUNIQUE Archival inkjet print on Hahnemuhle 300g Bartya Paper + 1 a\/p.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContact me if you'd like to buy the print at another dimension(4th).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eL \u003c\/span\u003e120 x 100 cm Unique Edition + 1 AP\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Southwood Prints","offers":[{"title":"120 x 100 cm","offer_id":48951596351648,"sku":null,"price":3000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0481\/1820\/2528\/files\/Untitledbb-Edit_3d36ed07-3814-415d-b80e-2218081187b2.jpg?v=1709542359","url":"https:\/\/southwoodprints.com\/products\/substation-pietermaritzburg-2007","provider":"Southwood Prints","version":"1.0","type":"link"}