Invisible Cities - MASS MoCA

Diana Al-Hadid, Spun of the Limits of My Lonely Waltz, 2006
"Titled after Italo Calvino's beloved book - which imagines Marco Polo's vivid descriptions of numerous cities of a fading empire to Kublai Khan - the exhibition features the work of ten diverse artists who re-imagine urban landscapes both familiar and fantastical. Like Marco Polo's poetic imagery, which leaves the reader wondering if the cities he describes are real or perhaps all different versions of his own Venetian home, the works in the show explore how our perceptions of place are shaped by personal influences as diverse as memory, desire, and loss, as well as by cultural forces such as history and the media."
MASS MoCA
MASS MoCA: Invisible Cities
Diana Al-Hadid