One of the eleven 'adventures' in Italo Calvino's Difficult Loves is that of a photographer. This is a man who realizes very quickly that what lurks in his "black instrument" is nothing but a kind of madness. And this madness is a forking path. One path beckons outwards, towards the doomed and impossible desire
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Dream Villa, the exhibition of colour photographs by Dayanita Singh, is premised on a simple and fundamental concept—things look different at night. As adults—more so perhaps as urban-dwelling adults—we are only occasionally conscious of the transformative effect of darkness and moonlight on our surroundings. Equally pronounced is its effect on us—as the sun goes down, our mood changes, and so, often, does our attitude and outlook.
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DREAM VILLA
Miranda Gavin
"The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town."
Michael Ondaatje, In the Skin of a Lion
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