This artwork, Italian Surrealist Franco Donaggio's Urbis #48, interests me in relation to digital media because it showcases the effectiveness of an uncluttered design. In this piece, the artist explores the world of dreams and juxtaposes the city and the human body. Knowing this, I thought the decision to position the human figures at the top conveyed a sense of weightlessness common in certain dreams, as well as the ambiguity of the figures' identities. While it is possible to achieve this idea and this very portrait through a hand-drawn process or medium, there is a certain elegance about the very linear and very synthetic feel of the work. Franco Donaggio's piece provides a clear, interesting image that feels quite balanced even through the asymmetry of its organization.
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