Internal City

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Artist: Eszter Bornemisza

Title: Internal City

Attribution: Internal City, 2022, Eszter Bornemisza

Year: 2022

Materials: cardboard, newsprints, melted synthetics, yarn

Dimensions: 15 x 15 x 3 m

Image Statement: In this immersive installation set within a French church gallery, human-sized anthropomorphic figures levitate among three-meter-high translucent maps, blending real and imagined urban landscapes. These figures embody the inner cartography of memory and experience—revealing how city dwellers carry internal geographies that continuously shift and transform. Windows within the figures contain inverse map fragments, creating a dialogue between subjective perception and external reality. The work explores our perpetual navigation through physical, spiritual, and mental landscapes—where orientation becomes a metaphor for identity, and memory serves as our most intimate, ever-changing map. By juxtaposing external urban structures with internal psychological terrains, the installation invites viewers to contemplate how we constantly re-draw our personal schemas, seeking meaning amid continuous change.