Tuesday, 9 October 2007

The Utopian Project

Utopia
'Any real or imaginary society, place, or state considered to be perfect or ideal.'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Kabakov
'Rather than depict the Soviet Union as a failed Socialist project defeated by Western economics, Kabakov describes it as one utopian project among many, capitalism included. By reexamining historical narratives and perspectives, Kabakov delivers a message that every project, whether public or private, important or trivial, has the potential to fail due to the potentially authoritarian will to power.'

Does 'The man who flew into space' show Kabakovs view? With the authorative figures represented on the posters does the boxed diorama in the bottom left corner represent the 'Utopian Project' the place in which 'the man' wishes to escape from before the inevitable fall?

Sherrie

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