DESIRED
LANDSCAPES
ISSUE 02

English
11 × 16 cm
Softcover

Price: 80 lei


Desired Landscapes brings together creatives, writers, tour guides, the people who write the stories of today’s cities, to share their most unique and personal findings. Here’s what we found: a postcard moment cannot be fully replicated, and iconic imageries are just the starting point of a journey. After all, destinations are plain images waiting to be transformed through one’s experiences.

Issue 2 takes you to GRANDE MOTTE – PISA – KUWAIT – BERLIN – ZURICH – ATHENS – SOUR LAKE – CONCRETE ISLAND – ALEXANDRIA – HONG KONG – BARCELONA – FLORENCE

Contents

Pageant of Progress - The role of guidebooks in constructing the history of cities, through Andrew Purcell’s exclusive collection.

Zurich, city guide - A quasi-travel guide of Zurich, an invitation to wander on memory threads.

Wishing for a modern house - Tracing the history of “tama”, a votive offering to obtain a new home, to portray the image of the Athenian house.

Capital Petrolera - Exploring off-the-tourist-radar Capital Petrolera, an Ecuadorian city built on promises of wealth from oil exploitation.

Codes of Navigation - Alternative codes of navigation in Rotterdam, attempting to escape the automated and monotonous experience of a Google Maps trajectory.

Neon Streetscape - A reflection of west in east, through fluctuating neon lights, in Hong Kong.

Walden 7 - An inception tour around Ricardo’s Boffil’s Walden 7 in Barcelona.