Le città invisibili - Valdrada

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Invisible Cities

An oneiric journey through the relationship between man and city

“The ancients built Valdrada on the shores of a lake, with houses all verandas one above the other, and high streets whose railed parapets look out over the water. Thus the traveler, arriving, sees two cities: one erect above the lake, and the other reflected, upside down. Nothing exists or happens in the one Valdrada that the other Valdrada does not repeat, because the city was so constructed that it's every point would be reflected in its mirror, and the Valdrada down in the water contains not only all the flutings and juttings of the facades that raise above the lake, but also the rooms' interiors with ceilings and floors, the perspective of the halls, the mirrors of the wardrobes.”

Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities

The city assumes a remarkable role for each of us: a space to get lost in and think, to go out, to go back in, to travel, to find, to be, as if it were a daydream.

The pages of Italo Calvino’s novel Invisible Cities full of imaginative descriptions of cities have inspired a series of works where the indissoluble union between man and city is highlighted by the fusion of these two elements, which mingle to give life to imaginary cities. The author of the book manages to describe the cities through emotions, smells, flavours and noises, leaving space for building up oneiric worlds, where you get lost and find yourself with your subconscious that makes himself visible and can be manifested also through a work of art and that’s exactly what these sculptures try to narrate.