by Sarah Van Rij | David Van Der Leeuw
Metropolitan Melancholia
2023
First edition of Metropolitan Melancholia by David Van Der Leeuw and Sarah Van Rij (2023)
First impression
Medium format hardback in new condition
Published by Kominek
About
Metropolitan Melancholia explores the complex push and pull of the modern city, and the weight of its textured histories. Alluring and repellent, cities intoxicate those they beckon. We leave our traces on them – if only in a passing shadow – as they leave their marks on us. But what happens when reality ruptures romantic visions, or when loneliness takes root in the midst of the sprawl? Can new fantasies form under the influence of what’s already been, or are we bound only to a cycle of familiar patterns?