Anastasia
INVISIBLE CITIES VI - Cities and Desire
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| The college that I have done to simulate the environment of Anastasia city |
In the city with full of beauty and happiness called ‘Anastasia', the female name that came from ‘Anasrasius’ which is a Greek revival. The city consists of concentric circles with layers of existence and sustenance when you look up in the sky you can see kites that flying all over your head. Moreover, a gate, a metamorphic and onyx which is rare and valuable could be found here also the beautiful bathing women and their water, like the rebirth of baptism. All of this that I had mentioned is the awakening of needed and wanted in every human thought.
Check out the episode's imagery:
- concentric circles, or layers of existence and sustenance;
- kites flying, or risen above the earth;
- agate, a metamorphic, or volcanic, and therefore changed and risen to a more beautiful and perhaps perfect state, rock;
- the pheasant baffles me a little, as it, as a word, is not at all related, duh, to "Phoenix," and I'm not getting any appropriate lead on a metaphor for the marjoram or cherry wood either, though maybe the fire...;
- the bathing women and their water, like the rebirth of baptism (if a bit of a bastard usage);
- the awakening or resurgence of desire;
- and so on, yet despite all this, the city is described as treacherous, and so it must be, as its desires are never your desires and you must "do nothing but inhibit this desire and be content." Is there, therefore, no choice? Can't you just leave Anastasia, or is this some sort of Metacity where everyone who is alive inhabits? Is Anastasia herself life?
Therefore, the city could be described as a treacherous city which could make you lost in their world. However, if you have chance to get in to this city as a stranger you will too full of Anastasia’s treasures, you will believe you are enjoying yourself and even fulfilling your needed, yet you are only fulfilling her needed, and it will make you not rise again, like you are stuck eternally in this circle canal.
As you can see this characteristic of Anastasia city similar to our city ‘Bangkok’ which fully of entertainment such as Khaosan or Cowboy roads. All of this content of sexy girls, gambling or fake happiness that will make some tourists lost in this fake desires worlds with their thought that this is the real happiness with full of their need. In contrast, they needed to wake up from this happiness dream someday and came up to live in their real world.
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| 9 display design photos of department store |
Display design which I thought that could communicate similar as Anastasia city story idea.
The display design has purposed as an appeal with the customer to give their purchase to their shop with the beauty of thing that present through this display design.
