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The book discusses the ways in which the project can critically contribute to an affirmative biopolitical action of substantial emancipation; it considers space an essential agent, and not only a collective capital, or a support, for adapting our lives to the recent profoundly changed conditions. In all the new research on the future of urban space, the renewed interest(...)
Biopolitical garden: Spaces, lives, transition
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The book discusses the ways in which the project can critically contribute to an affirmative biopolitical action of substantial emancipation; it considers space an essential agent, and not only a collective capital, or a support, for adapting our lives to the recent profoundly changed conditions. In all the new research on the future of urban space, the renewed interest in life, tragically affected by health, ecological and socio-political crises, raises a crucial theoretical and projective question: what role can space play in maintaining and promoting life in the broader sense of bíos? This book is based on the conviction that there is an urgent need to revisit the Foucauldian notion of biopolitics - free, however, from the privilege given to the goal of control - to rethink the project of the city and territory in transition in an affirmative and emancipatory way.
Théorie du paysage
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''Design Against Design'' argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With conversational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging(...)
Design against design: Cause and consequence of a dissident graphic practice
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''Design Against Design'' argues for the urgent necessity of critical engagement and political resistance through graphic practice. It draws on insights from the practice of LOKI, a small graphic design studio committed to working with social movements towards radical political change. With conversational interviews, personal and critical essays, and a wide-ranging selection of graphic works, this book unravels the real-world relationships, motivations and contradictions involved in a socially engaged design practice.
Théorie du design
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Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took(...)
Surrealism and anti-fascism: An anthology
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Surrealism was not only an international artistic movement, but also a political one. Its members denounced European colonial policy, opposed fascist regimes, fought for the Spanish Republic, were persecuted, went into exile, and died in war. They wrote poetry, deconstructed the language of a supposedly rational world, worked on paintings, collective drawings, took photographs, and made collages. Surrealism was associated with later emancipatory concerns not as a style, but as a method, and was taken up by the student protests of the 1960s and the Black Liberation Movement. This catalogue is published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Lenbachhaus Munich. In the form of an anthology, it presents pivotal texts and manifestoes of political Surrealism from its beginnings to current references in art and politics. It thus offers a valuable contribution to revising the still narrowly defined Surrealist canon.
Théorie de l’art
Lawn: Object lessons
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A quintessential feature in Western gardens and landscaping, the lawn is now at the center of a climate change controversy. The large carbon footprint maintenance, its unquenchable thirst for fertilizers, weedkillers, and water, and the notorious unfriendliness towards all forms of wildlife have recently attracted criticism and even spurred an anti-lawn movement. Lawn(...)
Lawn: Object lessons
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A quintessential feature in Western gardens and landscaping, the lawn is now at the center of a climate change controversy. The large carbon footprint maintenance, its unquenchable thirst for fertilizers, weedkillers, and water, and the notorious unfriendliness towards all forms of wildlife have recently attracted criticism and even spurred an anti-lawn movement. Lawn untangles the colonial-capitalist threads that keep our passion for mown grass alive despite mounting evidence that we'd be better off without it. The lawn is aesthetically and ideologically versatile. From museums and hospitals to corporate headquarters and university campuses, it has become the verdant lingua franca of institutions of all kinds. Its formal homogeneity and neatness imply reliability, constancy, and solicit our trust. But beneath the lawn lies a stratification of intricate ideological and ecological issues that over time have come to define our conception of nature.
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Oil
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Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the ur-commodity of our global era, having been distilled from ancient algae and marine life to turn modernity's wheels. Wars are fought over it. Some communities are displaced by its extraction, so that others may reap its benefits. But despite its heated history, few will ever see oil on the ground. Shrouded within a(...)
Oil
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Black gold. Liquid sunlight. Texas tea. Oil remains the ur-commodity of our global era, having been distilled from ancient algae and marine life to turn modernity's wheels. Wars are fought over it. Some communities are displaced by its extraction, so that others may reap its benefits. But despite its heated history, few will ever see oil on the ground. Shrouded within a labyrinth of oil fields, pipelines, and manufacturies, it tends to be known only through its magical effects: the thrill of the road, the euphoria of flight, and the metamorphic allure of everything from vinyl records to celluloid film and synthetic clothing. Michael Tondre shows how hydrocarbon became today's pre-eminent power. How did oil come to structure selfhood and social relations? And to what extent is oil not only a commercial product but a cultural one-something shaped by widely imagined dreams and desires? Amid a warming world unleashed by fossil fuels, oil appears as a rich resource for thinking about histories of globalization and technology no less than the energetic underpinnings of literature, film, and art.
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Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In "Imaginary peaks" she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the(...)
Imaginary peaks: The Riesenstein Hoax and Other Mountain Dreams
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Using an infamous deception about a fake mountain range in British Columbia as her jumping-off point, Katie Ives, the well-known editor of Alpinist, explores the lure of blank spaces on the map and the value of the imagination. In "Imaginary peaks" she details the cartographical mystery of the Riesenstein Hoax within the larger context of climbing history and the seemingly endless quest for newly discovered peaks and claims of first ascents. "Imaginary peaks" is an evocative, thought-provoking tale, immersed in the literature of exploration, study of maps, and basic human desire.
Théorie du paysage
Imagine, observe, remember
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"When one looks into the darkness there is always something there."—W. B. Yeats, The Secret Rose When one looks into one’s own interior there is always mental imagery. "Imagine, observe, remember" looks at the looking we do with the mind’s eye, offering practical exercises for the development of this mysterious faculty. The book is also a memoir, a portrait of the artist(...)
Imagine, observe, remember
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"When one looks into the darkness there is always something there."—W. B. Yeats, The Secret Rose When one looks into one’s own interior there is always mental imagery. "Imagine, observe, remember" looks at the looking we do with the mind’s eye, offering practical exercises for the development of this mysterious faculty. The book is also a memoir, a portrait of the artist as he develops his craft from what is possibly his first drawing to his current status of seasoned practitioner. It is furthermore a series of meditations, observations, quotes, images and instructions that will constitute a valuable resource for artists, writers, teachers and any reader who agrees that the uncharted wilderness within is worthy of exploration.
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Nos villes sont peuplées d’une étrange espèce, hybride, à cheval entre le réel et le virtuel, mi-homme, mi-smartphone?: les smombies. Le smombie, c’est ce mot-valise entre « zombie » et « smartphone » inventé pour décrire les piétons si absorbés par leur écran qu’ils ne remarquent plus ce qui les entoure. Une réalité quotidienne à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés.(...)
Smombies. La ville à l'épreuve des écrans
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Nos villes sont peuplées d’une étrange espèce, hybride, à cheval entre le réel et le virtuel, mi-homme, mi-smartphone?: les smombies. Le smombie, c’est ce mot-valise entre « zombie » et « smartphone » inventé pour décrire les piétons si absorbés par leur écran qu’ils ne remarquent plus ce qui les entoure. Une réalité quotidienne à laquelle nous sommes tous confrontés. Dans le métro, dans la rue, dans une salle d’attente, etc. Avec ses collègues, ses amis, ses parents, ses enfants, nous-mêmes – surtout avec nous-mêmes. Le smombie est partout. Du zombie il a gardé la démarche hésitante, trébuchante, maladroite. Il lui a aussi pris la propagation. Car à mesure que les yeux se baissent, que le monde se tait, que la vie se déverse sur les écrans, la tentation de sortir son propre smartphone grandit… La déambulation de millions de personnes captivées par leur écran chaque jour influence, sans qu’on s’en rende compte, la manière dont les villes sont construites et vécues. C’est ce à quoi cet essai nous invite à réfléchir – en mettant notre smartphone sur mode avion.
Théorie de l’urbanisme
Le goût de la ville
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«?Pour nous, de toujours, la ville est source d’enthousiasme. Petite, moyenne ou grande, nous l’aimons. Nous avons d’ailleurs consacré la majeure partie de nos vies à la bâtir. Et puis quelque chose a déraillé, amplifié à l’occasion du confinement, voyant la ville subitement raillée, critiquée, rejetée même par ceux qui l’habitent. D’où vient ce ''mal de ville" que(...)
Le goût de la ville
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«?Pour nous, de toujours, la ville est source d’enthousiasme. Petite, moyenne ou grande, nous l’aimons. Nous avons d’ailleurs consacré la majeure partie de nos vies à la bâtir. Et puis quelque chose a déraillé, amplifié à l’occasion du confinement, voyant la ville subitement raillée, critiquée, rejetée même par ceux qui l’habitent. D’où vient ce ''mal de ville" que ressentent nos concitoyens?? La densité est-elle vraiment un problème ou ne sert-elle que de prétexte?? Les maires bâtisseurs d’hier sont-ils condamnés à devenir décroissants pour demain?? Pas de doutes, à nos yeux, la ville demeure un levier d’humanité, d’altérité et d’émancipation. La ville et la démocratie ont même partie liée, la première comme espace de commun physique, la seconde comme espace de commun symbolique. Dès lors, répondre à la crise urbaine ne serait-il pas le plus sûr moyen de commencer à répondre à notre crise démocratique?? »
Théorie de l’urbanisme
Matières narratives
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La question du récit en aménagement et urbanisme donne lieu, depuis plusieurs décennies, à une activité scientifique, éditoriale et pratique soutenue. Le sens donné au terme « récit » diffère toutefois beaucoup selon les traditions disciplinaires ou tout simplement les sensibilités des auteurs, rendant souvent difficile la mise en dialogue des contributions recensées sous(...)
Théorie de l’urbanisme
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Matières narratives
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La question du récit en aménagement et urbanisme donne lieu, depuis plusieurs décennies, à une activité scientifique, éditoriale et pratique soutenue. Le sens donné au terme « récit » diffère toutefois beaucoup selon les traditions disciplinaires ou tout simplement les sensibilités des auteurs, rendant souvent difficile la mise en dialogue des contributions recensées sous ce vocable. Plus qu’un exercice de clarification terminologique, cet ouvrage propose une cartographie de l’extraordinaire extension prise par le récit en aménagement et urbanisme. Selon que l’on mobilise des récits pour faire parler, pour transformer, pour comprendre ou rendre sensible, c’est une manière cohérente d’approcher les savoirs et pratiques à l’origine des formes de l’espace. Le récit apparaît, dans son effervescence, comme un temps d’utopie joyeuse, fait d’emprunts (aux autres disciplines ou arts), de revisitations (de problématisations anciennes), d’expérimentations (de méthodes) et de contestations (des modes certifiés de connaissance).
Théorie de l’urbanisme