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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 [...]

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2 apocalyptic art videos

2 videos found while preparing the Dreams of Progress video art exhibition.

“Slurb” by Marina Zurkow, 2009

“Forest of Cement” by Jisoo Kim, 2007

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Utopian moments in the 20th century

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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