Utopics

Fabienne Bideau, Nicolas Bourriaud, Philippe Cuenat, Ildiko Dao

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Utopics

2010
UtopiasConceptual artInstallations (art)Art, swissExhibitionsUtopias in artModern Art

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.

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