The Town Mouse - A narrative on urban life and urban forms
“All the worlds a stage” CONTENTS 1. Hope & Reverie 2. Joy & Ecstasy 3. Solitude & Loneliness 4. Fear & Anticipation 5. Apathy & Aversion
Hope & Reverie Hope in the urban Scenario is the Young actor; just starting out, full of hope. someone who is deluded by all the Illusions that the world has to offer and all that he has to offer to the world‌
Urban Setting – Religious Buildings & Monuments
Hope‌
Hope‌
Hope‌
Hope‌
Hope‌
Hope‌
Reverie‌
Reverie‌
Reverie‌
Reverie‌
Joy & Ecstasy Joy in the urban scenario is an exquisitely beautiful & talented actress in her hey-day. Pleasant to watch, overwhelming at times, And just as elusive as only someone or something so exclusive can be‌
Urban Setting – Stadiums & Squares
Joy…
Joy…
Joy…
Joy…
Ecstasy…
Ecstasy…
Ecstasy…
Ecstasy…
Ecstasy…
Solitude & Loneliness Solitude in the urban scenario is the seasoned actor, bored with mainstream cinema & trying a foray into arthouse cinema. Someone who is slowly withdrawing from Popular appeal into himself‌
Urban Setting – Apartment Blocks, Derelict spaces
Solitude‌
Solitude‌
Solitude‌
Solitude‌
Loneliness‌
Loneliness‌
LONELINESS…
Loneliness‌
Fear & Anticipation Fear is the mature actress, slowly losing her appeal and with that, her audience. After all the glorification she is used to - gradually, being nudged out of the Public Eye is unnerving for her‌
Urban Setting – Alleys, Unknown Spaces
Fear…
Fear…
Fear…
Fear…
Fear…
Anticipation‌
Anticipation‌
Anticipation‌
Anticipation‌
Anticipation‌
Apathy & Aversion Apathy is the actor who plays the villain of a drama. unaffected by the lure of hero worship, he celebrates animosity by kindling it within every one of us‌
Urban Setting – Streets
Apathy…
Apathy…
Apathy
Apathy…
Apathy…
Aversion‌
Aversion‌ Aversion Aversion Aversion
Aversion‌
Aversion‌
Aversion‌
References 1. Raban, Jonathan – Soft City 2. Kostof, Spiro – The City Assembled 3. Bacon, Edmund – Design of Cities 4. Cullen, Gordon – The Concise Townscape 5. Bachelard, Gaston – The Poetics of Space