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THERE ARE T R U T H S WE CAN O N L Y SEE WHEN IT IS D A R K

THIS PROJECT F O C U S E S ON GENERATED V I S U A L AND S O N I C ELEMENTS IN THE CITY I LIVE; P L Y M O U T H, UK.

THIS BOOK WAS C R E A T E D TO S U P P O R T AND C O N C E P T U A L I S E IT.

T H A N K Y O U FOR R E A D I N G .

‘THE L I F E OF A CITY IS R I C H IN P O E T I C AND M A R V E L O U S SUBJECTS. WE ARE E N V E L O P E D AND S T E E P E D AS THOUGH IN AN A T M O S P H E R E OF THE M A R V E L O U S; YET WE DO NOT NOTICE IT’ .

- CHARLES B A U D E L A I R

N I G H T ADVANCES AND A N E W D A W N RISES WITHIN US. AN I N F L U X OF A R T I F I C I A L LIGHT E X P L O D E S THE SENSES AGAINST THE D A R K E N I N G SKY. SOUNDS TAKE NEW FORMS, A M P L I F Y I N G THEIR W A V E S ACROSS THE C I T Y WALLS.

THE INHABITANTS T R A N S C E N D SPECTRUMS. FROM THE S E E D Y U N D E R B E L L Y TO THE FRIDAY NIGHT S O C I A L I T E S; THEY ALL FALL UNDER THIS D E N S E C A N O P Y.

THEY R U S H INTO THE ALMOST B L A C K E N E D SKY AND F E E D THEIR V I C E S, BOTH C E L E B R A T O R Y AND C O M M E M O R A T I V E. NEVER FORGETTING THE C E R E M O N Y OF DOING SO UNDER THE C O V E R OF D A R K N E S S.

C O M F O R T IS FOUND IN THE M I N I M A L AND N E A R PRESENCE OF L I G H T AND S O U N D. IT IS R E A S S U R I N G TO KNOW THAT THERE IS B E A U T Y AND S A N C T U A R Y IN THE CITYS C O R R I D O R S, AT THE D A R K E S T OF HOURS.

AND IT IS T H I S.

A THING THAT U N I T E S AND S I M U L T A N E O U S L Y F R A G M E N T S US –

THE I N T E N S I T Y OF OUR E N V I R O N M E N T AND OUR W I L L I N G N E S S TO E M B R A C E IT.