7 Hills, Lisboa

Multi-Screen Video (image proposals for installation)

Screen-recordings of the spirit level application on my iphone, as I walk the hills of Lisboa.

The 7 hills of Lisboa were originally referenced in the 17th century publication ‘O Livro das Grandezas de Lisboa’ (The Book of Lisbon Grandeurs) by Frei Nicolau de Oliveira. The seven hills are named as São Roque, São Jorge, São Vicente, Santo André, Santa Catarina, Chagas and Sant'Ana. Some claim that de Oliveira mistakenly omitted Graça, the highest point in the city, while others suggest Graça is situated on the hill of Santo André.

From a series on The Disorienting Image