Perception of the landscape is a product of a cultural condition. In today’s culture, technology, and mobile access to data has changed the way we perceive and interact with the world. This shift in perception demands certain things from the landscape while simultaneously demanding we engage and consider its state with new means.

It is on the perimeter of the urban that the forefront of this shift is occurring. Exurban communities access data and global networks from remote location. Industries consume and produce on the fringe of the urban in order to maximize networks, resources, and space. Urban infrastructure converges on this perimeter as well. It is here that it is condensed, moved underground, and dispersed into the city. The demands these entities exert on the land affect environmental systems and local species that inhabit that given landscape.

Through the exploration of this perimeter, one can come to understand some of the lands current conditions. However, a new type of exploration must be applied. Mobile technology has altered our ability to explore and see the world, and it is within this contemporary context that the land must be re-explored. This new perspective aims to see and understand the land within a set of concerns that question sustainability, growth, production, and change. There for the landscape has become a barometer of human activity. What can be gained from an exploration set in our current condition and focusing on our current landscape.