On Cities Imaginary, Invisible and Real.
"With cities as it is with dreams, everything imaginable can be dreamed. But even the most unexpected dream is a rebus that conceals a desire, or its reverse, a fear. Cities like dreams are made of desires and fears, even if the thread of their discourse is secret. Their rules are absurd, their perspectives deceitful, and everything conceals something else" Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities.
This 12-minute audio story considers themes, links and relations between art, culture and violence.
Featuring:
Music: Black Boys on Mopeds (1990), Sinéad O'Connor
Invisible Cities, Italo Calvino (1972)
Imaginary Cities: A Tour of Dream Cities, Nightmare Cities, and Everywhere in Between, Darran
Anderson (2015).
Interview with Darran Anderson on the “Scratching the Surface” Podcast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uvwpk1z9n58
Politics Of The Very Worst: An Interview with Philippe Petit, Paul Virilio (1999).
“Is Music a Better Way to Teach History?” Darran Anderson, Windham-Campbell Prizes
Festival, Yale University (2023).