Using the circumlocution of the walk, the axial view of the perspective, the interconnected meanings of the fragment, and the techniques of hybrid drawing and the collage, this project seeks to define a construction that builds upon the cleared spaces and extant constructions at the former locations of the Aurelian gates. By understanding the wall as a circumambulatory founding of a city through drawing, and the gates as the pivot points for a series of topographical transects, I will investigate the contingent place wherein both external and internal begin. At the end of my stay, interventions within the city, viewing apparatuses that celebrate the conditional awareness of both nomad and urban dweller, will be designed and implemented as an exhibit.

The photograph of Matthew Hural comes from Rome a Second Time.