Utopics
Subtitle: Systems and Landmarks
Publisher: JRP Ringier Kunstverlag AG
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 162
ISBN-13: 9783037640562
Subjects: Utopias; Conceptual art; Installations (art); Art, swiss
Description: Conceived as a glossary, this publication examines the spaces, nations, and communities created by artists or individuals to develop alternative modes of living. The title itself is a free contraction of utopias, topic, topos, and pics. All the proposals galthered here are simultaneously real and utopic: by inventing identity signs (flags, constitutions, etc.), practicing naturism, terrorism, or collectivism, by working at the boundaries of reality, they challenge our definitions of normalcy and territoriality.