The starting point is an excerpt from the Albanian feature film "Qyteti me i ri ne bote" (Xhanfise Keko 1974, EN: "The Youngest City in the World"), in which a boy dreams of a modern city where progress and change are represented by construction and sealing. The film revolves around the historical and current transformation processes of urban space and reflects on the power of images, historical and contemporary utopias, and their interplay with architecture. An essay on new and contemporary utopias and their interplay with architecture. The film revolves around the historical and current processes of transformation in urban space and reflects on the power of images, historical and contemporary utopias, and their interplay with architecture. An essay on new and old regimes, power, propaganda, and the accessibility of public space.
Johannes Gierlinger
EN
Austria, Albania