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The invisible cities inspired by ... (T4 S2 PH200)

Visionary Cities:
Brief:
I shot 5 pictures of your visionary Sky Scraper which are: a little scaled-down landscape is waiting to be found. My buildings, people, cars, were chaotic city scenario, was already there, I just had to be ready to see it. I helped myself by looking for the right angle, light, objects, materials etc...It could have been anywhere, composed of any kind of element. 

The above brief runs with close relevance to Italio Calvino's Invisible cities and how one can image the invisible, the imaginary.
Insights:
This brief helped me to gain a better understanding of how to conceptualise topics like this one. I taught me how to visualise the invisible, the imaginary.
The Concept:
As a city acquires the nickname of an 'Urban Jungle' it inspired me to recreate that aspect of a jungle. The forest of trees stands as a conceptual metaphor of a clustering of skyscrapers, with both skyscrapers and trees sharing similar intentions as there is a constant and gradual battle in which they aim to grow and stand higher than their surrounding competitors (the trees grow higher and higher in order to get more sunlight and skyscrapers gets built higher and higher to be the most significant). These clusters of skyscrapers (city) somewhat mimics the purpose of a forest as it accommodates its inhibitors (animanals) and provides nature with its essentials, just like a city provides people with work, food and a place to stay.
The invisible cities inspired by ... (T4 S2 PH200)
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The invisible cities inspired by ... (T4 S2 PH200)

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