Atlanta is a place built around its transportation infrastructure, not the other way around. ART PAPERS was founded in Atlanta in 1976, during a decade of particularly energetic regional and national growth both for the art and art publishing communities. It is with this history and these new discussions in mind that ART PAPERS begins our 40th anniversary year, and launches a special edition of our magazine "Terminus," named for and devoted to the force of our home city's transportation legacy, and its impact on art, design, and the urban plan. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Letters from the EditorsVictoria Camblin & Ryan Gravel The Possibility of an AirportReinier de GraafOn the seductive paradigm of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Achieving BlanknessHannah PalmerNotes from the edge of the Atlanta Airportwith photography by Johnathon Kelso Megabus, and Other RoutesJasmine AmussenIntimate reflections on southern inter-city travelwith new photocollage by artist Erin Jane Nelson Black Folks on Bikeszahra alabanzaInterviews with members of community and advocacy groups changing the iconography of the American cyclist with portraits of MOBB-ATL Cycling Club by Zach Wolfe Art on Marta (part 2)David NaugleA photo essay documenting the public art of Atlanta's rapid transit system brings a vast collection of commissions out of the stations' shadowswith an introduction by John Cocker Art on the BeltlineVictoria Camblin, Daniel Fuller, and Ryan GravelA comparative look at public art initiatives on transit greenways, and a case for curating for infrastructure, and designing for artwith research by Grace Thornton CASE STUDY AssembleTwo projects by the Turner Prize winning design collective transform disused urban spaces into venues for public and artistic programmingtext and images by Assemble SYLLABUS Autohaus:Toward a New Typology for Living and DrivingVolkan AlkangoluA course description proposes a study of the garage, birthplace of Apple and Nirvana, and architectural key to suburban design EXCERPT Roundabout RevolutionsEyal WeizmanIn "Islands" and "Circles of Hell," two chapters from a recent release from Sternberg Press, an often maligned traffic intersection becomes a catalyst for social change M+A Museum at Future CrossroadsLilly LampeIn Hong Kong, a massive new cultural district is also the rail gateway to and from Mainland China Reviews Universal Serial BusSarah Demeuse Art of the Airport TowerDinah Ryan NASA Graphic Standards ManualRobert Wiesenberger Office SpaceCourtney Malick 6th Street ViaductJohn Southern The State of the Art of ArchitectureZac Rose Strange ToolsRobbie KubalaGlossary: UberKeller EasterlingOnce just a prefix, an old superlative becomes a noun, a verb, an adverb, an adjective— and a universal elementary particle
