Invisible Cities
The publication depicts the journey of the city of Isaura and its inhabitants, from the depths of the well to the surface of the city, using graphic elements such as transitions in blue tones, texture, transparency, and verticality. These visual elements symbolize a city that rises upward: Isaura, the city of a thousand wells.
“An invisible landscape that conditions the visible.”
“Isaura, the city of a thousand wells, rises above a deep underground lake. Wherever the inhabitants, by digging long vertical holes in the earth, have managed to draw water.”
“The gods of the city, according to some, dwell in the depths, in the black lake that feeds the underground veins. According to others, the gods dwell in the buckets that rise, hanging from the rope, when they emerge at the well’s curb.”
“Water columns, vertical pipes, floaters, overflow pipes, rising.”
“Even the weather vanes that crown the aerial scaffolding of Isaura, a city that rises into the heights.”