INTERVALLO - LATINA CITTA’ INVISIBILE.

Interval. Video taken from my personal exhibition LatinaCittàInvisibile, open from 1 to 24 September in Latina City. Freely inspired by Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities“, to commemorate the centenary of his birth (October 15, 1923). LATINA INVISIBLE CITY. How would the city of Latina reveal itself through Marco Polo’s gaze, if it had been unfolded in all its infinite facets by Italo Calvino in his Invisible Cities? Would Kublai Khan have been captivated by it? The Invisible Cities could be regarded as one of Calvino’s most unbounded works, constructed over several years, abandoned and then revisited, reorganized multiple times into sections dedicated to seasons, the five senses, animals, and mythological heroes. But Calvino at times is also driven by creative compulsion, drawing inspiration from both the everyday and his extensive travels, fantasizing between ideal cities and dystopian cities, much like the equally creative writing of an A.I. prompt dest