Corner of Kisses & Desire

Title: Corner of Kisses & Desire

Artist: FAIR FAB
Medium: Digital collage, manipulated photograph, vector overlay
Year: 2012

Description:
Set against a neon-lit urban nightscape, Corner of Kisses & Desire blends surreal street signage with cinematic city imagery to explore the emotional geography of longing. The intersection sign—“Kisses St // Shire Ave”—anchors the piece as both a literal marker and a symbolic meeting point. The altered names suggest a fictional city built from intimacy and escapism, where affection becomes infrastructure and fantasy takes on form.

In the background, a stylized rendering of a downtown avenue evokes the romance of city nights—bright lights, hazy motion, and a saturated palette that blurs memory and imagination. The signs appear crisp and cartoon-like, in stark contrast to the painterly blur of the world behind them, emphasizing the tension between clarity and ambiguity, destination and dream.

Curator’s Note:

“In FAIR FAB’s universe, geography is emotional, and urban life becomes a metaphor for connection. This piece imagines a place where desire and tenderness aren't just feelings—they’re locations you can physically arrive at. Like much of their work, ‘Corner of Kisses & Desire’ plays with nostalgia, signage, and the architecture of longing. The viewer is invited not just to look, but to navigate—to wander through the map of an imagined city where the heart sets the grid.”

This piece is part of an ongoing visual series exploring "emotional cartography" through manipulated urban visuals, romantic metaphors, and cultural iconography.