To be in a fugue is to dissociate from the self and from the surroundings. Perception is distorted as the mind oscillates between lucidity and fractured consciousness. As one wanders into unfamiliar realities, this disconnect often compels the mind to conjure its own meanings and realities.

This week's dispatch spotlights Behnaz Farahi's work, a fugue between mind, gaze and matter where desires of the self extend into physical space. In an exhibition at the Tate Modern, the spectators' gaze continually reconstitutes meaning.

The familiar environments of Backrooms transform into unsettling, fathomless spaces, gradually dismantling the mind's sense of reality. Our opinion considers how good our cities truly are, framing urban well-being as an act of care, coordination and collective custodianship embedded within its' shared subconscious.

If reality is only as stable as the mind perceiving it, who decides what is real?