I was happy then

Through the framework of a tourist guide focused on alienation, architecture, economy, love and urbanization, I was happy then serves a reflection on the contemporary life of Siena, Italy.

Authored by James Voorhies

Bureau for Open Culture, 2013
160 pages
8.25 x 5 inches

Designed by Nate Padavick

Made in collaboration with Nate Padavick, and Cassandra Troyan.

Made possible with support of Siena Art Institute, Siena, Italy, as a result of a project fellowship awarded to James Voorhies; realized while I was working as an independent curator

This book was published an integral component of the exhibition project L’ECLISSE redux, which used Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1962 film L’eclisse to study postwar urban development and contemporary life in Siena, Italy.

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