Concept and Vision

Mona Lithophane

Mind over Matter

hand-drawn-pixel manipulation-post-processing

"Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino is a novel structured as a series of dialogues between Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, where Polo describes fantastical cities to the emperor. These cities, existing only in words and the imagination, are "invisible" to the emperor but serve as reflections on themes of memory, desire, and signs. The novel explores the nature of reality, illusion, and the human condition through richly detailed cityscapes.

Invisible Channels

Works inspired by the book Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

City 001: ...harmony of composition internal organizing principle fixation of creative power...

hand-drawn-pixel manipulation-post-processing Glitch bg loop: LGS_H_003 GIF/1080x1519px

Invisible Channels - City 001

Alchemical Conjunction - City 002

City 002: ...feminine circle masculine square harmony of unconscious and conscious...

hand-drawn-pixel manipulation-post-processing Glitch bg loop: LGS_B_001 GIF/1080x1519px

City 003: ...circuit elements resistors in series must flow through all...

hand-drawn-pixel manipulation-post-processing Glitch bg loop: LGS_H_004 - on rodeo.club - https://rodeo.club/post/0x26D4dcd6fE55c1e1A9F9A76456c75de9B3d40f28/11 GIF/1080x1519px

City 006:

...night rainbow unnatural glow inverse reality...

hand-drawn - pixel painting - post-processing Glitch bg (from palm tree) : LGS_H_001 PNG/1400x2000px

pixels glitched and post processed from: https://foundation.app/mint/base/0x923d50cCEAe1Cb1C55Fb4be5D88ddF7e82E4c1D9/3

City 004: ...flashing bonds fading common points magical operation...

hand-drawn-pixel manipulation-post-processing Glitch bg loop: LGS_H_008 - on rodeo.club - https://rodeo.club/post/0x26D4dcd6fE55c1e1A9F9A76456c75de9B3d40f28/13 GIF/1080x1519px

pixel manipulation-post-processing, glitch bg loop of Invisible Channels - City 001 - https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1HE8b5xbMo82myXsYFtNA9TEd6VmFEY1L5/1 & glitched palm tree from Holiday Inn LGS-003, FND

pixel manipulation-post-processing, glitch bg loop of Invisible Channels - City 004 - https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1HE8b5xbMo82myXsYFtNA9TEd6VmFEY1L5/4 & glitched palm tree from Holiday Inn LGS-003, FND

Series Connection - City 003

Invisible Channels - City 004

Mechanical Rainbow - City 006

palm tree_BBB_LGS_H_004

palm tree_AAA_LGS_H_003

palm tree_CCC_LGS_H_008

pixel manipulation-post-processing, glitch bg loop of Invisible Channels - City 001 - https://objkt.com/tokens/KT1HE8b5xbMo82myXsYFtNA9TEd6VmFEY1L5/1 & glitched palm tree from Holiday Inn LGS-003, FND