Alicia Framis
Departures (Dark City, Dutch), 2014
pencil on paper
125 x 82 cm
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Alicia Framis’ 'Departures' series recalls the scene of a departure hall. Instead of the usual destinations, you can board a plane to Airhaven, Metropolis, Cloud City or Shangri-La. Framis’ work...
Alicia Framis’ "Departures" series recalls the scene of a departure hall. Instead of the usual destinations, you can board a plane to Airhaven, Metropolis, Cloud City or Shangri-La. Framis’ work refers to a diverse range of both utopian as well as dystopian destinations, which she collected from a range of sources including novels, comic books, films and the history of architecture. Presenting a plethora of parallel realities, "Departures" lets us ponder the present we find ourselves in.