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Depicts six panels of images and texts that deal with city life. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

These colored photographs were shown at a group exhibition entitled "Other Places" held at the Laguna Beach Art Museum in November 2004. The Sackner Archive holds one of the pieces, "Flee." -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Words depicted in black text of different size typefaces representing visual sounds including vibration, jangle, crashing, explode, clank, jabber, and crash appear on an abstract background with a silhouette of a solitary figure. The image is part of Zellen's preoccupation with the violence present in large cities. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The outstretched hand placed into an opened picture frame is the main focal point in this work. It overlays fragmented words with a charged political content, e.g., nudity, oppression, art, suspect, etc. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The text incorporated into reproductions of colored, collaged photographs was adapted from the book, "Invisible Cities" by Italo Calvino. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.