Francesco Casolari

Your cities, while fantastical, remain tethered to recognizable architectural typologies; how do you conceive of indexicality within these constructed environments, where the referent is neither wholly real nor entirely imaginary, and what does this ambiguity suggest about the status of representation in contemporary visual culture?
Indeed, for each city I draw real monuments and imaginary architecture. I want to convey the idea that each city is experienced in a personal way by each inhabitant. Each inhabitant responds to a highly stereotypical and essentially completely invented persona; they are theatrical characters who construct their own scene in a highly personal urban environment. Perhaps my artistic response responds in some way to the geographical topography we create in our dreams, that mapping of places we return to over the years when we dream.