invisible cities – 2005

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“Well, of course. This experiment may not work.

What experiment?

It’s just an experiment, but see if you can make any sense out of this story?

What story?

What do I bring back from a very long day confronting this city?

The story of my adventures, I suppose!”

The advent of new communication technologies has made connecting to other people exponentially easier with an immediate effect of active participation in a community not depending so much on geographical location, yet this connected “utopia” leaves an increasing residue of personal solitude. Invisible Cities explores the individual’s role within a group and the dichotomy of solitude and community. Also, this project explores a city and it’s inhabitants as a living organism imbedded with collective memories, investigating issues such as: obstacles of communication, urban architecture and close proximity living, obsession with documentation, political and social voyeurism and general surveillance in cities, and a flood of pre-fabricated visual information. Invisible Cities weaves together tales and crosses boundaries of social sciences attempting to question the meme of a city and the challenges it encounters.