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Posted in philosophy on Feb 18th, 2010
An article summarising the Heterotopia of Walt Disney World presentation that I gave in October 2009 is now published in the February edition of the Philosophy Now magazine. The article is part of a series of papers about ‘continental tales’ and the concept of narrative in Continental philosophy.
Thanks to the team of the Philosophy Now [...]
Posted in art on Jun 20th, 2009
2 videos found while preparing the Dreams of Progress video art exhibition.
“Slurb” by Marina Zurkow, 2009
“Forest of Cement” by Jisoo Kim, 2007
Posted in philosophy on Jun 9th, 2009
After this shameful European election 2009, emptied of any ambition and monopolized by national self absorption, the important question is: What happened to the European ideal?
The exhibition ‘Dreams of Progress’ held in July at the Westminster Reference Library is looking at our past ideals. I’m curating the exhibition and I am reading a lot of [...]
Posted in philosophy on May 6th, 2009
In his book “Vinyl Leaves, Walt Disney World and America”, Stephen M. Fjellman analyses Disney World and how it incarnates a postmodern society based on consumerism. Here is a summary of his thoughts.
In the introduction, Mr. Fjellman makes a reference to the book “Brave New World” from Aldous Huxley. The book describes an utopian dictatorship [...]
Posted in philosophy on Apr 14th, 2009
I’ve read recently the excellent book from Jay Winter “Dreams of Peace and Freedom – Utopian Moments in the 20th Century“. It is part of my curatorial homework for the exhibition “Living the Dream of Modernity” that I’m preparing to launch very soon. Here is a summary.
Mr. Winter understands utopia as a discourse in two [...]
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