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	"Invisible Cities": five-minute audio collages from 24 cities around the world

enbar

8-21-2008 10:25 PM

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enbar says:

Pretty amazing. Twenty-four artists working with field recording teams put together five-minute audio pastiches representing 24 cities -- Beijng, Belfast, Marrakesh, Naples, Washington, and more. All mp3s downloadable.

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8-22-2008 5:11 AM

haraya

I wonder who among the organizers read Calvino.

8-22-2008 11:07 AM

ramsesemerson

That's what I wondered. I suspect it was a coincidence though.

8-22-2008 2:03 PM

enbar

Oh, definitely not a coincidence -- there's a quotation from Calvino on the page.

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	<H1> Various Artists | Invisible Cities </H1>
    <H2><SPAN class="format">Audio Installation/MP3</SPAN> | F.0037.0001</H2>
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<A title="Fehler | Belfast" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/belfast"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/belfast_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Stephan Mathieu | Berlin" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/berlin"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/berlin_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Lawrence English | Brisbane" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/brisbane"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/brisbane_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="aMute | Brussels" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/brussels"><IMG width="22" height="22" class="right" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/brussels_icon.png" /></A></p> <P><A title="Massimo | Catania" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/catania"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/catania_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Raqs Media Collective | Delhi" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/delhi"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/delhi_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="The Quiet American | Hanoi" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/hanoi"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/hanoi_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Chris Watson | Lalibela" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/lalibela"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/lalibela_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Jonathan Segel | Lima" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/lima"><IMG width="22" height="22" class="right" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/lima_icon.png" /></A></p> <P><A title="ru*mor* | Lisbon" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/lisbon"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/lisbon_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Alejandra and Aeron | Logrono" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/logrono"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/logrono_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Janek Schaefer | London" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/london"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/london_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Akira Rabelais | Los Angeles" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/losangeles"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/los_angeles_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Gregory Cowley | Marrakesh" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/marrakesh"><IMG width="22" height="22" class="right" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/marrakesh_icon.png" /></A></p> <P><A title="skoltz_kolgen | Montreal" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/montreal"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/montreal_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Sergey Tishkov | Moscow" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/moscow"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/moscow_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Danylo + Mass | Naples" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/naples"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/naples_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Taylor Deupree | New York" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/newyork"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/new_york_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Frans de Waard | Nijmegen" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/nijmegen"><IMG width="22" height="22" class="right" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/nijmegen_icon.png" /></A></p> <P><A title="Ronnie Sundin | Östersund" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/ostersund"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/ostersund_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="*0 | Tokyo" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/tokyo"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/tokyo_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Vince Briffa | Valletta" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/valletta"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/valletta_icon.png" /></A>
<A title="Richard Chartier | Washington" href="http://www.fallt.com/invisiblecities/washington"><IMG width="22" height="22" src="http://www.fallt.com/assets/invisiblecities/washington_icon.png" /></A></p> <BR /></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/62BBB381-A4C6-417A-8DF2-0F4C251D3B0E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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