The End Of The Future
Clive Brandon, Matthew Houlding, Sam Knowles, Alex Pearl
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the bricks and rubble of the grand Olympic project lie the broken
dreams of past utopias. From Ballard to Boris, the grand advance of
modernism has been abandoned beneath the dystopian shards.
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Our
collective current state of affairs is highlighted by past optimistic
proposals such as The Festival of Britain (1951) and post-war building
programmes with essentially socialist drives to improve society which
are in stark contrast to the regeneration schemes and public finance
initiatives, which now embody the failures of both late capitalist
Conservatism and New Labour.
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The End of the Future
coincides with the London Olympics, for some a positive affirmation of
the highest ideals, for others a cynical corporate scheme with the
veneer of regeneration. The four participating artists look back at lost
ideals and eras of optimism and present these though a haze of
nostalgia for a future that never materialised and a knowing acceptance
of failure.
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