Urban Sketches, Paintings, and Ceramics

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          Slavoj Žižek, a cultural critic and philosopher, once remarked, “Things, in reality, happen so that an art piece could be created based on them. For instance, one ontological justification for the Second World War is that Picasso painted Guernica. This does not imply that people should die to create a piece of art; it is simply a reflection of how we extract meaning from the seemingly meaningless. I contend that cities operate on a similar principle. Take San Francisco, for instance—it exists so that Hitchcock could shoot Vertigo there!”

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           In alignment with Žižek’s perspective on art, I also posit that architectural sketches are not mere representations of existing buildings; rather, buildings are constructed with the intention of being sketched. This perspective emphasizes the symbiotic relationship between the urban environment and the artistic expression it inspires.