CITY OF DREAMS

Architectural Association, London
1993

12 Walkmans, 24 audio cassette tapes, 2 Kodak carousel projectors,320 colour transparencies, 2 mirrors, 2 speakers, 12 white cotton boiler suits, pink and green fluorescent paint.

Indeterminate visions of a city; the riot, the light, the garden, the word.
We like roads that lead past airports.
We like airfreight offices, rent-a-car forecourts, and impulse-buy holidays.
We are the disenfranchised citizens of the shopping mall, the Internet,
cable TV, the video rental store, gasoline station,
andfast dual carriageways.
The City of Night
A Place of Pleasure
The Glow of Entertainment
The River of Green
The Shadow of Low Flying Aircraft
The Flicker of TV Sets
The Curve of Sky in Polished Car Bodies
Air Intakes
Fresh Produce
Oil Slicks on Asphalt
Houseboats on the Edge
The River Runs to the Sea
At the Horizon Water Meets the Air
Wind Ripples
Golden Sunsets Reflect in Darkened Bars
Outboards Gunning for Glory
Oval Tracks of Spray
The Air is Warm
The Light Echoes The Water
Fantastic Structures Face the Setting Sun
A Tower of Luminous Fish
Buoyant Floors Undulates in the Dawn
Cantilevered Decks of Mesh
Vertiginous Ramps
The Wall Billows
The Fabric Iridescent
Arms of Deployable Petals
Translucent Ceiling to the Stars
Fuchsia and Orange Translucent Shimmer
Night Moves
The Promise of Cheap Romance