Map of the City is a two channel video installation that explores the notion of building-as-book. Initiated during a six-month residency in Rome, this work sees the city as a text environment that requires both readers and writers. Urban space is compared to a library. This work is inspired by chapels and cathedrals, which act as three-dimensional, immersive representations of the Bible. Quotes from The Gospel of Thomas and The Bible are interwoven with original text, still photos and electronic soundscapes. The city is seen as an accumulation of gestures and desires that outstrip the life of the individual, This work was premiered at the Art Gallery of Calgary in the summer of 2007.
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by . Toronto: Coach House Books, 2008.
by . Map Of The City, July 7, 2007. Calgary: Art Gallery of Calgary, 2007.