Moriment   Unfired clay, newspapers   60 x 60 x 180 cm          What makes Argia different from other cities  is that it has earth instead of air. The streets  are completely filled with dirt, clay packs the  rooms to the ceiling, on every stair another  stairway is set in negative, over the roofs of  the houses hang layers of rocky terrain like  skies with clouds. We do not know if the  inhabitants can move about in the city, widening  the worm tunnels and the crevices where roots twist:  the dampness destroys people's bodies and they  have scant strength; everyone is better off  remaining still, prone; anyway, it is dark.      Italo Calvino, Invisible Cities