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Matter of Perception: The Art of Turning Cities Into Planets

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Isidro Blasco, a Spanish artist who currently resides in New York, uses a unique combination of photography, architecture and installation in order to to explore physical and psychological terrains.

Isidro Blasco, a Spanish artist who currently resides in New York, uses a unique combination of photography, architecture and installation in order to to explore physical and psychological terrains.

© Iisidro BlascoAccording to the artist, he has been taking photographs from tall buildings in every city he visited during the last seven years for the purpose of his project.

Above: 'Alicante Planet'.
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According to the artist, he has been taking photographs from tall buildings in every city he visited during the last seven years for the purpose of his project.

Above: 'Alicante Planet'.
© Iisidro Blasco'Helsinki Planet.'
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'Helsinki Planet.'
© Iisidro BlascoBy using digital images and building materials, Blasco creates architectural environments and three-dimensional reconstructions of neighborhoods, producing snapshots of cityscapes that play with perception.

Above: 'Curitiba Planet.'
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By using digital images and building materials, Blasco creates architectural environments and three-dimensional reconstructions of neighborhoods, producing snapshots of cityscapes that play with perception.

Above: 'Curitiba Planet.'
© Iisidro BlascoAccording to Blasco, the central themes of his work are "variations in perception and the way we look at the space that surrounds us."

Above: 'Madrid Planet.'
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According to Blasco, the central themes of his work are "variations in perception and the way we look at the space that surrounds us."

Above: 'Madrid Planet.'
© Iisidro Blasco'New York Aerial Detail.'
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'New York Aerial Detail.'
© Iisidro Blasco"My work recreates the architectural space of the whole or a particular section of the build space according to a subjective perception of this environment," Blasco explains.

Above: 'Porto Planet'.
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"My work recreates the architectural space of the whole or a particular section of the build space according to a subjective perception of this environment," Blasco explains.

Above: 'Porto Planet'.
© Iisidro Blasco'Sao Paolo Planet.'
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'Sao Paolo Planet.'
© Iisidro Blasco'Sydney Planet.'
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'Sydney Planet.'
© Iisidro Blasco"Only from one specific point, that is the point from which the images were shot, can we see and recognize the architectural elements the way they are in the real world," Blasco added.

Above: 'Self discobolus'.
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"Only from one specific point, that is the point from which the images were shot, can we see and recognize the architectural elements the way they are in the real world," Blasco added.

Above: 'Self discobolus'.
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