Curating the Urban Utopia of Fun

The article reviews the exhibition Dreamlands, staged in Centre Pompidou, Paris in summer 2010. The exhibition's main theme is described as urban 'utopia of fun'. In relation to this utopia, the article suggests a field of contradictory positions within which the presented exhibits ca...

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Published in:Footprint : Delft School of Design journal 2011-04 (8), p.97-104
Main Author: Krivý, Maroš
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:The article reviews the exhibition Dreamlands, staged in Centre Pompidou, Paris in summer 2010. The exhibition's main theme is described as urban 'utopia of fun'. In relation to this utopia, the article suggests a field of contradictory positions within which the presented exhibits can be distributed. Curating of the exhibition is discussed in the next step. The inability to bring forward and map these contradictory positions is analysed as a main shortcoming of the exhibition.
ISSN:1875-1490
1875-1504
1875-1490
DOI:10.59490/FOOTPRINT.5.1.735