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Tina Modotti
I have found huge inspiration lately in the work of Tina Modotti.
Literary Architecture
'The Great Living Museum of the Imagination' makes you want to try it yourself, with a beloved short story, drawing paper, colored pencils, cardboard, glue and scissors.
A Book-Building: The Museum of Literary Architecture
by Martina Bastianello
Upon entering the Great Living Museum of the Imagination, we feel the distinct impression that someone is taking us by the hand and leading us along a path.
Upon entering the Great Living Museum of the Imagination, we feel the distinct impression that someone is taking us by the hand and leading us along a path.
Windows on the World
by Matteo Pericoli
"Of all the construction, constituent and compositional elements in architecture, the window is undoubtedly the one with the greatest narrative potential."
"Of all the construction, constituent and compositional elements in architecture, the window is undoubtedly the one with the greatest narrative potential."
Windows on Elsewhere in the Washington Post
Illustrator and writer Matteo Pericoli writes that “looking out a window doesn’t just reveal a cityscape or landscape — it can prompt you to reflect inward, compel you to retrace the steps that have brought you to that particular threshold at that precise moment in your life.”
Paris in Our View
Matteo Pericoli provides the gorgeous line drawings, which depict the window views of poets who, at one time or another, made their homes in Paris.
When architecture becomes a narrative
by Mario Gerosa
As if we were in a physical space, the exposition progresses through a series of spaces in which the reader can feel comfortable, recognizing a familiar sequence.
As if we were in a physical space, the exposition progresses through a series of spaces in which the reader can feel comfortable, recognizing a familiar sequence.
Literature, architecture, and gelato
TEDxTorinoSalon
«If the architecture of a story were really a building, what kind of building would it be?»
«If the architecture of a story were really a building, what kind of building would it be?»
5 books on architecture and design to read this summer
by Silvia Calvi
For those who look at architecture and interior design as disciplines that allow emotions, memories, and words to have their place as well.
For those who look at architecture and interior design as disciplines that allow emotions, memories, and words to have their place as well.
Architecture as a narrative structure
by Manuel Orazi
With his drawings of Manhattan, Matteo Pericoli won New Yorkers over (and then the rest of the world), then went back to Italy, to Turin, to work on architecture, stories, and their relationship.
With his drawings of Manhattan, Matteo Pericoli won New Yorkers over (and then the rest of the world), then went back to Italy, to Turin, to work on architecture, stories, and their relationship.
Let’s play to discover the invisible cities of each novel
by Laura Crinò
Stemming from the experience of a workshop with a group of students ... this book is a true experiment, starting with the format.
Stemming from the experience of a workshop with a group of students ... this book is a true experiment, starting with the format.
“Porta Palazzo like New York, here there is the same mixture of life.”
by Diego Molino
"Not being self-conscious, that is the only way poetry manifests itself."
"Not being self-conscious, that is the only way poetry manifests itself."
A book is built like a house
by Arianna Passeri
Almost magically, even the reader can thus "visit" "The Great Living Museum of Imagination" and discover the secrets behind the construction of a text (and a building).
Almost magically, even the reader can thus "visit" "The Great Living Museum of Imagination" and discover the secrets behind the construction of a text (and a building).
Stories to inhabit
by Luigi Marfè
The Great Living Museum of the Imagination is designed as a walk-through, a visit to an ideal museum about the creativity of architects and writers.
The Great Living Museum of the Imagination is designed as a walk-through, a visit to an ideal museum about the creativity of architects and writers.
What structure over there awaits the end?
by Francesco Gallo
Ma cos’è l’architettura letteraria? È una scoperta continua. Non solo: un tentativo di accrescere la nostra consapevolezza quando ci rapportiamo con gli spazi (e con il vuoto).
Ma cos’è l’architettura letteraria? È una scoperta continua. Non solo: un tentativo di accrescere la nostra consapevolezza quando ci rapportiamo con gli spazi (e con il vuoto).
A walk through twelve masterpieces
“These stories are fantastic palaces.”
Matteo Pericoli's book stems from his "Laboratory of Literary Architecture."
From Dostoevsky to Ferrante, drawing becomes an alternative form of reading.
From Dostoevsky to Ferrante, drawing becomes an alternative form of reading.
RSI Radio 2
In the book "The Great Living Museum of the Imagination," architect and illustrator Matteo Pericoli explores the links between literature and architecture, between imagination and construction.
Paper Castles | A guide to literary architecture in order to explore books (and oneself) in an innovative way
by Andrea Fioravanti
It took the multifaceted nature of an architect, illustrator, teacher and writer to discover how to analyze the architecture of a story and transform it with creativity and imagination into a building.
It took the multifaceted nature of an architect, illustrator, teacher and writer to discover how to analyze the architecture of a story and transform it with creativity and imagination into a building.
The Great Living Museum of the Imagination
It doesn't seem real. After four years of work, what at first looked like a confusing sequence of rooms has become a real book-building.
A Window Open Onto the Mind
by Matteo Pericoli
Saul Steinberg: the legacy of a genius
Saul Steinberg: the legacy of a genius