Eng.

Panorama is born with a very specific mission: to help create and reinforce a global consciousness regarding the different challenges we as a society face in terms of landscape and territory.

For that reason, we’ve decided to create this platform to join together artistic projects with didactic content to attempt to reach, in the easiest and most comprehensive way, this reflexion to a large part of the society.

We believe that artistic projects accompanied by specialized texts are the best tool for any person, even those who haven’t  shown interest in this subjects before, to understand how as a society we need to reflect on our relationship with landscape and territory.

With this idea Panorama aims to become a big archive where anyone can meet and consult the different authors regarding this matters. And what’s also important, to contemplate them from different points of view.

 

Cast.

Panorama nace con una misión muy concreta: ayudar a crear/reforzar una conciencia global sobre los distintos retos que tenemos como sociedad en relación al territorio y al paisaje.

Para ello, hemos decidido crear esta plataforma que aglutina proyectos artísticos con contenidos didácticos para intentar hacer llegar, de la manera más fácil y entendedora posible, esta reflexión a un amplio conjunto de la sociedad.

Creemos que los proyectos artísticos acompañados de textos especializados son la mejor herramienta para que cualquier persona, aunque nunca antes se haya interesado por estos temas, pueda comprender que como sociedad tenemos que hacer una reflexión sobre nuestra relación con el territorio y el paisaje.

Panorama pretende con esta idea convertirse en un gran archivo donde cualquiera pueda conocer y consultar los distintos autores que trabajan en torno a estas cuestiones. Y lo que también es muy importante, contemplarlas desde distintos puntos de vista.

 

Cat.

Panorama neix amb un objectiu molt concret: ajudar a crear/reforçar una consciència global sobre els diferents reptes que tenim com a societat en relació al territori i al paisatge.

Per això, hem decidit aquesta plataforma que aglutina projectes artístics amb continguts didàctics per intentar fer arribar, de la manera més fàcil y comprensible possible, aquesta reflexió a un ampli conjunt de la societat.

Creiem que els projectes artístics acompanyats de textos especialitzats son la millor eina per a que qualsevol persona, tot i que no s’hagi interessat mai abans per aquests temes, pugui comprendre que com a societat hem de fer una reflexió sobre la nostre relació amb el territori i el paisatge.

Panorama pretén amb aquesta idea convertir-se en un gran arxiu on qualsevol pugui conèixer i consultar els diversos autors que treballen a l’entorn d’aquestes qüestions. I el que també és molt important, contemplar-les des de diferents punts de vista.

 

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After decades of urban sprawl in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) there is still no sign it will end anytime soon.

Average price for a house in the province of Ontario went up from $329,000 in 2011 to $923,000 in 2021. On top of that, it has been estimated by the Ontario Housing Affordability Task Force that 1.5M new homes will need to be built over the next 10 years to accommodate the demand of a growing population. These two issues combined caused that one of the key topics of the campaign of the 2022 Ontario provincial election, held on June 2nd, was where to build, how to build and the required infrastructure for this growth.

The Progressive Conservative Party (PC) was re-elected with 40% of the popular vote and a record low 43% turnout. There are now on the table two new highways and opening up more farmland and protected land for continuing building low density housing and car dependent neighborhoods. Some environmental organizations and civil groups are also concerned about collateral damages like the impact of the extraction of the aggregate that these projects will require.

This series of photographs of the GTHA suburbs (Ontario, Canada) was taken in the weeks before and after the 2022 provincial election.

The name of the project comes from “A Place to Grow”, which is a line from the unofficial anthem of Ontario.

Lucas Campo’s photographic work focuses on land use and tensions in urban and suburban areas, as well as other topics such as territory, memory and belonging. He is Spanish-Canadian, works as a process engineer and is currently based in Madrid.

© Text and pictures by Lucas Campo

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