MultipliCITIES (ongoing)
This project is an ongoing exploration of urban space and
architectural landmarks in modern cities. Following the line of
inquiry initiated by cubism, it attempts the impossible task of
representing the multiplicity of simultaneous points of view that make
up urban space.
In the abstract representations of urban planners and architects, space appears as a finished surface on which buildings stand immutable, perspective remains unaltered and fixed at a god’s-eye point of view. MultipliCITIES offers an alternative view of the city as seen from within the map, incorporating into the image-making process the movement of the individuals who experience and make the fabric of urban space with their bodies.
Superimposing multiple views of the same building on one negative, these images register the viewpoints of the viewer as she approaches these landmark buildings and moves through the city on foot, on a bicycle, on public transport or from an escalator. What emerges is an alternative view to the tourist map, a new view of familiar subjects, which argues that the identity of a city is relational, fluid and unstable, and that urban space remains open to multiple interpretations and to contestation
In the abstract representations of urban planners and architects, space appears as a finished surface on which buildings stand immutable, perspective remains unaltered and fixed at a god’s-eye point of view. MultipliCITIES offers an alternative view of the city as seen from within the map, incorporating into the image-making process the movement of the individuals who experience and make the fabric of urban space with their bodies.
Superimposing multiple views of the same building on one negative, these images register the viewpoints of the viewer as she approaches these landmark buildings and moves through the city on foot, on a bicycle, on public transport or from an escalator. What emerges is an alternative view to the tourist map, a new view of familiar subjects, which argues that the identity of a city is relational, fluid and unstable, and that urban space remains open to multiple interpretations and to contestation









