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Writings etc
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- NON-PLACES
OF TRAVEL in CONTEMPORARY VISUAL ART ( 2004/5)
" In this essay I will explore the anthropological
notion of “non-places”, with reference
to the related essay by Marc Auge Non-Places: Introduction
to an Anthropology of Supermodernity . I will apply
this notion specifically to the theme of travel, and
how this is engaged within the selected works of art
by contemporary visual artists.
As a vessel for this exploration I will use one
story from Italo Calvino’s collection of surreal
short stories Invisible Cities.
About Continuous Cities
This collection of short stories is written in
the form of dialogue between Marco Polo, one of
the iconic figures of travel, and Kublai Khan, the
famous emperor. Each time Marco Polo returns from
his travels, Kublai Khan invites him to describe
the cities he has visited. Marco Polo is delighted
with this task and describes the various cities
he has passed through, all of them unique as well
as similar to each other...." read
whole essay
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- ABOUT
MARCO POLO, INVISIBLE CITIES and VISUAL ART
(2003) - Essay on theme of Italo Calvino's book "Invisible
Cities" applied to work of some contemporaty
artists as well as to work of Edita Marelic, artist
from Korcula - Croatia: " Trying to find the
right framework around which to build my essay for
the module ‘Themes and Concepts 2’of my
Fine art Degree, I visited the recent exhibition ‘
The State of Play’ at the Serpentine Gallery,
London. The exhibited art works reminded me of various
details from Italo Calvino’s “Invisible
Cities”. I decided to build upon some of the
themes from the exhibition and Calvino’s book
in my essay, and to apply its ideas to the work of
various contemporary artists in whose work I am interested,
as well as to some of my own work and the issues I
am trying to address...." read
whole essay
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