Invisible Cities
Ersilia. Described by author Italo Calvino in the book Invisible Cities as a city inconstant rebuilding and destruction. The citizens
carry string with them as they travel from their homes to different places to participate in daily activities until the roads and alleys
become impassable with string. These images, inspired by the words of Italo Calvino depict how we take from the Earth and continue
to live our lives forever altering these places beyond recognition.
Heidi Whitman’s Invisible Cities consists of a series of floating paper cutouts mapping real, ancient, and fictitious city routes and passages. Seeing the outlines of cities from this perspective makes you question how our cities are built and how truly organic and ever-changing the concrete and stone roads, streets, and passages that we take are. Heidi’s work can be seen this month at Christopher Henry Gallery in NYC from March 25th-April 23rd.