Title & Author:

Utopia/dystopia : a paradigm shift in art and architecture / edited by Padro Gadanho ; with João Laia and Susana Ventura.

Publication:

Milano : Mousse Publishing, [2017]

Description:

254 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.

Notes:
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the MAAT, Museum Art Architecture Technology, Lisbon, Portugal, October 2, 2016-February 6, 2017 and March 21-August 14, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references.
Pynchon Park / Dominique Gonzales-Foerster -- Utopia/Dystopia : a brief history of an uncomfortable duality / Pedro Gadanho -- The imaginable as post-Utopia goal : on the necessity of redefining the concept of Utopia / João Laia -- Welcome to Paradise / Susan Ventura -- Architecture and the Dystopian trap / Antoine Picon -- Impossible / Keller Easterling -- Futurability map : reframing the conceptual couple Utopia/Dystopia / Franco Berardi -- Affirmative ethics, sustainable futures / Rosi Braidotti.
Text in English and Portuguese.

Summary:

This reader contains previously unpublished essays on the ongoing transition from the 500-year-old notion of utopia, toward the pervasive ubiquity of its opposite: dystopia. The authors gathered here were asked to discuss this tension.
Utopia/Dystopia is the first "manifesto exhibition" at MAAT's new building. Establishing a dialogue with the site-specific commissions at the museum's Oval Gallery, these group shows present side by side works of artists and architects who, in their respective fields, have produced insights and critical reflections on crucial themes of our times. Echoing the 500th anniversary of Thomas More's Utopia, the show reveals how the dichotomy between utopia and dystopia reflects a time of paradoxical acceleration, where anxiety and optimism collide. Today, technological developments stimulate expectations of enhanced connectivity and a better quality of life. However, cyclical crises also constantly disturb the social, political and ecological spheres. With utopian and dystopian narratives typically emerging in such troubled periods, artists and architects, writers or filmmakers are crucial in proposing contradictions and proposing illuminating new possibilities. Encompassing a wide range of ideas, from a profound reflexion on the downfall of Modernism to the current political scene, Utopia/Dystopia promotes a dialogue between more than 60 artworks and projects that present unique views on the subject since the early 1970s.--Museum website.

ISBN:

9788867492800
8867492802

Subject:

Utopias in art Exhibitions.
Dystopias in art Exhibitions.
Art, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Art, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 20th century Exhibitions.
Architecture, Modern 21st century Exhibitions.
Utopies dans l'art Expositions.
Art 20e siècle Expositions.
Art 21e siècle Expositions.
Architecture 20e siècle Expositions.
Architecture 21e siècle Expositions.
Dystopies dans l'art Expositions.
Architecture, Modern
Art, Modern
Dystopias in art
Utopias in art
Architektur
Kunst
Zukunft

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Gadanho, Pedro, editor, curator.
MAAT (Lisbon, Portugal), host institution.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 296788
Call No.: BIB 243121
Status: Available