Public spaces do not exist without the presence of bodies. Mediation repositions bodies in space in relation to one another. Existing scholarship has focused on these effects in spaces of civic action, but everyday publics are less understood. This analysis of two recently completed public interiors at Hudson Yards in New York City examines the interplay of spaces, bodies, and images and the impact to the public space produced. Snarkpark (“a new age retail environment”) and Vessel (“a new public landmark”) were popular destinations in Hudson Yards, as documented by their Instagram feeds. A visit to either project involved the co‐presence of strangers (a condition sociologist Lyn Lofland refers to as the public realm) but in their role as back‐drops what resulted was primarily a disembodied, mediated communality. Instagram posts consisted primarily of photographs taken by visitors, selfies minimizing the presence of other visitors. These images posted to social media do not merely form an alternative to physical public space but transform it as well.

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新公共机构

没有尸体，公共空间就不存在。调解将空间中的物体彼此重新定位。现有的奖学金主要集中在公民行动领域的这些影响上，但是对日常公众的了解却很少。对纽约市哈德逊广场（Hudson Yards）最近完成的两个公共室内设计的分析，考察了空间，物体和图像之间的相互作用以及对产生的公共空间的影响。Snarkpark（“一个新时代的零售环境”）和Vessel（“一个新的公共地标”）是哈德逊广场（Hudson Yards）的热门目的地，正如他们的Instagram提要所记录的那样。对这两个项目的访问都涉及陌生人的共同存在（社会学家林·洛夫兰德（Lyn Lofland）称之为公共领域），但作为背景幕，其结果主要是无形的，介导的社区。Instagram帖子主要由访客拍摄的照片组成，自拍照可最大程度地减少其他访客的出现。这些发布到社交媒体上的图像不仅可以构成物理公共空间的替代品，还可以对其进行改造。