Italo Calvino -- Vladmaster Set
4 reels, 4"x4" box
In Italo Calvino's novel Invisible Cities Marco Polo entertains an
aging Kubla Khan by recounting tales of cities that he has visited in
his travels. Marco Polo describes fifty-five such cities and the novel
revels in the interplay between the different cities so that the reader
is left to wonder whether the cities actually represent different
aspects of a single city, different internal experiences of place, or
something else entirely. Unfortunately, these Vladmasters which recount
excerpted tales of only four such cities, cannot hope to recreate the
resonances and complexities of the novel. Instead they offer pretty
three-dimensional pictures assembled out of small household objects and
the hope that those who have not yet read the novel might feel
compelled to do so.
This set consists of four handmade Vladmaster
reels and a charming box in which to keep them. The reels feature 3D
images of dioramas and characters designed, photographed and
hand-assembled by Vladimir. The disks and boxes are printed and die cut
by Pinball Publishing. The four cities included in the set are: Zirma,
a city which mysteriously repeats itself; Valdrada, a city built on a
reflective lake where every person and action is mirrored; Argia, a
city with dirt in place of air; and Baucis, a city elevated high above
the clouds on thin stilts. Each image is accompanied by text printed
onto the reel describing the city.
The reels are viewable in any Viewmaster viewer.
$18.00
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