Hylonicum

Light and residues, by Nicola Polloni

Urban Schematics

Traces

Faded vintage advertisements painted around a narrow window on a worn exterior wall.
Large teddy bear leaning out of an open upper-storey window in a weathered façade.
Abstract metal sculpture viewed from below between tall office towers.
Laundry and potted plants filling a metal balcony on a weathered stone building.
Carved stone block with an inscription and relief casting a long shadow across the pavement.
Laundry hanging across a narrow stone alley between weathered buildings.
Large cartoon figure printed on a spherical shop display behind reflective glass.
Godzilla statue rising in front of commercial building signage.
Spherical stone and pipe resting beside a concrete basin.
Faded painted lettering running across the upper brick wall of an industrial building.
Two wooden chairs standing on a grassy slope overlooking the sea.
Large teddy bear hanging from the corner of a building above a shop awning.
Close-up of the polished hands of a bronze statue resting against draped clothing.
Mural of gloved hands holding a rounded object painted on a crumbling wall beside a tree.
Laundry hanging between balconies in a narrow courtyard of weathered buildings.
Small monkey sculpture perched above a weathered sign and holding a metal ring.
Stuffed toy clipped to a clothesline beside a pinwheel and other hanging objects.
Large circular concrete sculpture on a grassy rise, inscribed around its central opening.
Row of flamingo forms repeating along a narrow urban space.
Weathered sculpted head and curved metal form projecting from a wall, with a bird perched above.

Places and dates
Béziers, 2014; Chicago and Washington, DC, 2015; Edinburgh, 2017; Newcastle, 2018–2019; Trogir, 2019; Leuven, 2020; Beijing, 2023; Istanbul, Itala, Novara di Sicilia, and Tokyo, 2025; Benevento, Mondello, Prague, Scicli, and Siena, 2026.