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A grotesque measure for Marietta
The story of the ‘Big Chicken’ is about a franchise sign that became a representative symbol for Marietta, Georgia. This typical American suburban community, immersed in a contextual field of the sameness of endless franchise businesses, found it required a unique ‘centre’ for defining itself. In a comparison to the grotesque, this sign questions the norms of transition, scale and context. It has become a visual locator in a community epitomized by the marginal. This story of the Big Chicken thus provides a discussion of the problems of perceiving suburban communities and how their inhabitants relate to the built environment.
A grotesque measure for Marietta
The story of the ‘Big Chicken’ is about a franchise sign that became a representative symbol for Marietta, Georgia. This typical American suburban community, immersed in a contextual field of the sameness of endless franchise businesses, found it required a unique ‘centre’ for defining itself. In a comparison to the grotesque, this sign questions the norms of transition, scale and context. It has become a visual locator in a community epitomized by the marginal. This story of the Big Chicken thus provides a discussion of the problems of perceiving suburban communities and how their inhabitants relate to the built environment.
A grotesque measure for Marietta
Smith, Albert C. (Autor:in) / Smith, Kendra Schank (Autor:in)
Journal of Urban Design ; 4 ; 245-253
01.10.1999
9 pages
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