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By Nhefertiti
By Nhefertiti
Cities & Desire 2
“... a city with concentric canals watering it and kites flying over it (...) the women I have seen bathing in the pool of a garden and who sometimes-it is said-invite the stranger to disrobe with them and chase them in the water. But with all this, I would not be telling you the city's true essence; for while the description of Anastasia awakens desires one at a time only to force you to stifle them, when you are in the heart of Anastasia one morning your desires waken all at once and surround you. The city appears to you as a whole where no desire is lost and of which you are a part, and since it enjoys everything you do not enjoy, you can do nothing but inhabit this desire and be content. Such is the power, sometimes called malignant, sometimes benign, that Anastasia, the treacherous city, possesses; (...) and you believe you are enjoying Anastasia wholly when you are only its slave” (Calvino, 1974, p. 12)
Every city is a woman like you, like me, like us.
This collection is inspired by the beautiful novel Invisible Cities written by Italo Calvino. It is the confluence of my own creative concerns turned into images. With this series of portraits, I intend to explore the idea of cities represented by the female figure in its multiplicity of beings.
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By Nhefertiti
Cities & Desire 2
“... a city with concentric canals watering it and kites flying over it (...) the women I have seen bathing in the pool of a garden and who sometimes-it is said-invite the stranger to disrobe with them and chase them in the water. But with all this, I would not be telling you the city's true essence; for while the description of Anastasia awakens desires one at a time only to force you to stifle them, when you are in the heart of Anastasia one morning your desires waken all at once and surround you. The city appears to you as a whole where no desire is lost and of which you are a part, and since it enjoys everything you do not enjoy, you can do nothing but inhabit this desire and be content. Such is the power, sometimes called malignant, sometimes benign, that Anastasia, the treacherous city, possesses; (...) and you believe you are enjoying Anastasia wholly when you are only its slave” (Calvino, 1974, p. 12)
Every city is a woman like you, like me, like us.
This collection is inspired by the beautiful novel Invisible Cities written by Italo Calvino. It is the confluence of my own creative concerns turned into images. With this series of portraits, I intend to explore the idea of cities represented by the female figure in its multiplicity of beings.
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