IN ADAPTATION

Project 1: Art of Adaptation

Learning Outcome of this Exercise
Learning outcomes assessed in this exercise include:

Critically analyse a theme or subject matter from an artistic mediums.
Source,cite and discuss themes and references from fields related to the current and contemporary context that are significant in re-telling of stories.
Re-present the story in a graphical approach based on the contemporary context of time.

Tasks Methodology
Your task is to observe the city and her people and document your findings in any of the format options.

Select a chapter from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino.
Read and describe the story and the ideas extracted from the story.
Creatively adapt the story by way of graphical/visual
The chapter selected is Thin City

ARTWORK

Brief Description of the cities:

Isaura: A city with thousands of wells, that are all connected upward to the city vertically through a pipe. It has long vertical holes in the ground to withdraw the water.

Zenobia: Stands on high piling with suspended stairway that connected to platforms with housing units on it. The city planning are not well but as the city grew, they still carry the essence of the first blocks of the building.

Armilla: City with nothing but just pipes, water, tap, shower head, bathtub and all those toilets features. It has no walls nor ceilings as well as floor. Pipes that goes vertically upward in the city making people think if people ran away or it was meant for some other entity.

Sophronia: City that splits into half. One half is full with building that provides entertainment; one half is filled with building that provides formal services. THe part that is with entertainment will remain for as long as the city stands, but the another half will be demolished on a every year basis.

Octavia: A city that sits on web that hang between two cliff. The houses in the city are transparent and can see through throughout the city.

Description on artworks:

Isaura, Zenobia, Armilla, Sophronia and Octavia are cities listed in thin cities. These cities reflects the personalities found in the growth in everyone’s life. Prosperity, Desire, Amnesia, Reside and Trust. Each person will undergo phase that might change his/her personality.