What's this about ≈
Cities are more than buildings and roads — they are emotional landscapes where identity, memory, and struggle intersect.
In a world of constant change and rapid transitions, people often lack the time, space, or encouragement to express how they truly feel about the places they live.
Urban Porträits responds by offering a digital archive — a space where anyone can pause, reflect, and share their urban experience.
Contributions can take many forms — a letter, a drawing, a poem, a video, or a collage — always paired with the city, year, and age of the contributor.
Each entry becomes part of a living gallery of urban experience, searchable by theme, location, or feeling.
Over time, Urban Porträits grows into a collective memory of cities — revealing emotional patterns, the geographies of our time. It helps us understand how we navigate belonging, identity, and space in today’s complex world.
It offers researchers, artists, and everyday citizens a glimpse into what it feels like to live here, now.
That’s the essence of the project. It isn’t polished. It isn’t finished. And that’s exactly what makes it human.