The City as an Organism: Art

April 27, 2007 11:03 PM

I am trying to find a copy of a drawing/picture I saw awhile ago. It is related the the idea of "the city as an organism". I remember it as a city drawn as a kind of machine on robot legs. It is in kind of Monty Python style if that makes sense... Does anyone know who the artist is? Or if this even exists?
posted by lrobertjones to Media & Arts (8 answers total)

Not sure if they have EXACTLY what you're looking for, but The Imaginary Foundation has a lot of this sort of thing.
posted by messylissa at 11:45 PM on April 27, 2007

Are you thinking of Howl's moving castle?
posted by kenchie at 12:51 AM on April 28, 2007

Better pic here
posted by kenchie at 12:53 AM on April 28, 2007

What's up with the newurbanism tag?
posted by salvia at 1:08 AM on April 28, 2007

Your description is pretty vague - I think there is a lot of this sort of thing around. I thought of this russian illustrator, Glovackij (here).
posted by peacay at 1:45 AM on April 28, 2007

Response by poster: Messylissa: I think that may have been where i saw it but it must have been taken off the site (can't find it now) - thanks for the memory jog!

Salvia: the city as an organism is kind of a new urbanism theme / i thought that the picture would be something that someone who studies urban planning may have come across

Kenchie: that wasn't what i was thinking of but will do very nicely - thanks a bunch!

Peacay: thanks for the great link!
posted by lrobertjones at 2:25 AM on April 28, 2007

Best answer: Maybe Archigram's Walking City?
posted by Kiwi at 2:39 AM on April 28, 2007

Response by poster: YES!!! thanks Kiwi! that is what i was thinking of!
posted by lrobertjones at 2:48 AM on April 28, 2007