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Tale XI: Walk In Emmental

What does the inside of Emmental cheese look akin to? This sizably voluminous ‘Emmental’ just straddles a highway. It’s like one deep aperture after another on its cut surface, with one passage after another connected behind it? The interior of this Emmental Cheese is hollow, with nothing but individual passages. People are inside, running, ambulating through, always on the road, and nothing ever transpires.

‘Walk in Emmental’ is a combination of imaginary space and concrete things. It emphasizes a storyless movement and migration. As we have shown in the results of the Studio One study.

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The development of the North Sea will bring a large-scale migration of nomad groups, as well as various transient events. Under this influence, the structure of the city will gradually degenerate into non-place without identities, such as airports and train stations. This story explores the implications of expanding the airport concept into a city. To what extent does this act of ‘departure’ and ‘arrival’ affect our perception of Nomadland?

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