ZORA
ZORA IS A CITY THAT NO ONE CAN FORGET.
SIX
RIVERS
AND THREE MOUNTAIN RANGES RISES ZORA, A CITY THAT
BEYOND
NO ONE HAVING SEEN IT CAN FORGET
O
M M E R A B L E
BUT NOT BECAUSE, LIKE OTHER MEMORABLE CITIES, IT LEAVES AN U
ZORA HAS THE QUALITY OF
O
UNUSUAL IMAGE IN YOUR RECOLLECTIONS
F REMAINING IN YOUR MEMORY POINT BY
IN ITS SUCCESSION OF
OF HOUSES ALONG THE
OTHIN
IN THEM POSSESSES A
AND OF DOORS AND WINDOWS IN THE HOUSES, THOUGH
SPECI BEAUTY OR RARITY
ZORA’S SECRET LIES IN THE WAY YOUR GAZE RUNS
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FOLLOWING ONE ANOTHER AS IN A MUSICAL SCORE WHERE NOT A NOTE CAN BE ALTERED OR DISPLACED
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THE ORDER BY WHICH THE COPPER CLOCK FOLLOWS THE BARBER'S STRIPED AWNING, THEN THE FOUNTAIN WITH THE NINE JETS, THE ASTRONOMER'S GLASS TOWER, THE MELON VENDOR'S
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THE STATUE OF THE HERMIT AND THE LION, THE TURKISH BATH, THE CAFE AT THE COMER, THE ALLEY THAT LEADS
TO T
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A HONEY- 15 COMB IN WHOSE
EACH OF US CAN PLACE
OF SPEECH
VIRTUES, NUMBERS, VEGETABLE & MINERAL CLASSIFICATIONS, DATES OF BATTLES, CONSTELLATIONS,
THE THINGS HE WANTS TO REMEMBER: NAMES OF FAMOUS MEN,
BETWEEN EACH IDEA AND EACH POINT OF THE ITINERARY AN AFFINITY OR A CONTR
RAST CAN BE ESTABLISHED, SERVING AS AN IMMEDIATE AID TO
SO THE WORLD’S MOST LEARNED MEN ARE THOSE WHO HAVE MEMORIZED ZORA. BUT IN VAIN I SET OUT TO VISIT THE CITY: FORCED TO REMAIN MOTIONLESS AND ALWAYS THE SAME, IN OR
RDER TO BE MORE EASILY
DISAPPEARED THE EARTH HAS FORGOTTEN
This book was designed by Rachel Fleischer for Experimental Typography in Spring 2016. Typography is digitally illustrated based on type found on the streets of Florence, Italy in order to tell the story of the city Zora in Italo Calvino’s “Invisible Cities”.