Meeting - "Quartiers libres / Demain la ville" by Blanzat et Ariane
- Documentation
April 3, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. –ENSA Normandie Documentation Center.
Book presentation, discussion on the theme of dystopia/utopia and book sales
"AI surveillance of privatized housing estates, mega-infrastructure projects, heat islands in the ghettos... Nothing has been mapped out yet! Far from prefabs and reinforced concrete, the city of tomorrow is already teeming, crumbling and pushing back at the same time." Two authors from Normandy, Blanzat and Ariane by their pen names, have contributed to this collection of science fiction short stories, published by La Volte in autumn 2024. At a time of ecological and social backlash, Blanzat and Ariane project themselves politically into the future, using literature to think about the city and architecture of tomorrow.
At the invitation of the seminar Enquête(s) sur la fabrique écologique de l'architecture (DE Expérimentation), these individuals will present their work and discuss the need for science fiction to move beyond dystopia and reinvent a form of critical utopia.
Cover illustration © Hao