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Invisible Cities | Event Type: | Exhibitions | | | | Company: | MASS MoCA | | Dates: | Apr 14 2012 - Mar 01 2013 | | Location: | Springfield, MA | | Address: | MASS MoCA,
1040 MASS MoCA WAY,
NORTH ADAMS,
MA, 01247 | | | | Industry: | DES|CON | | Posted By: | Rebekah Peterman | | Reply: | Send Message | | | | Description: | Invisible Cities brings together a number of artists whose works picture cityscapes both familiar and imagined -- as well as the architectural landmarks within them. The title refers to Italo Calvino's novel of the same name, in which Marco Polo vividly describes a panoply of cities he has visited to an aging Kublai Khan. The rich, poetic descriptions of the metropolises and the memorable architectural details within them leave the reader wondering if these sites are real or fantastical -- or perhaps the same city seen from many different perspectives. Likewise, the artists in the exhibition explore various urban experiences as they are filtered through a number of different lenses: history, politics, religion, memory, loss, desire, and nostalgia.
Like the great Khan musing on the disintegration of his empire, Europe and America now look on as the cities that once defined the extremes of human accomplishment and reach are falling into decay and losing population. Meanwhile, we are witnessing the rise of cities in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East where much of the most daring architecture and urban planning of our day are occurring. Likewise, with the failure of socialism, Eastern Europe is in the process of re-inventing itself, defining a new kind of urbanization, a new future. Yet, while we are looking forward, the pull of the monuments that were once iconic remain so. Our memories and desires shape the architecture we experience, and the built environment in turn shapes those dreams and remembrances. Aldo Rossi wrote, "In order to be significant, architecture must be forgotten, or must present only an image for reverence which subsequently becomes confounded with memories." If the city keeps our collective memory, as Rossi wrote, it is subject to the same deviations and mutations of time and, in fact, becomes a fragmented web of reflections of the original, and perhaps, ultimately, something more.
Invisible Cities presents a selection of artists' interpretations of the built environment and its reflection in our emotional, psychological, and intellectual lives while musing on the city's extended life in the imagination, conjuring up new images of both our past and future.
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