Archive for the ‘airports’ Category
By
Simon Sellars •
Dec 28th, 2012 •
Category:
academia, airports, alternate worlds, CCTV, consumerism, death of affect, features, gated communities, Lead Story, Marc Auge, micronations, Shanghai, suburbia, surveillance, the middle classes, urban revolt
Simon Sellars re-reads Ballardian space in light of the idiosyncratic, real-world phenomenon of micronations, tracing parallels between Ballard’s physical and psychological spaces and Marc Augé’s idea of ‘non-place’.
By
Nic Clear •
Dec 28th, 2009 •
Category:
academia, airports, alternate worlds, architecture, audio, body horror, dystopia, enviro-disaster, features, Lead Story, R.I.P. JGB, Shanghai, urban ruins, utopia, WWII
JG Ballard’s writing encompassed topics as diverse as ecological crisis, technological fetishism, urban ruination and suburban mob culture. In this extract from the September-October issue of Architectural Design, Nic Clear explores how Ballard’s understanding of architecture and architects made him one of the most important figures in the literary articulation of architectural issues and concerns.
By
Simon Sellars •
Sep 29th, 2009 •
Category:
academia, airports, alternate worlds, Ballardosphere, memory, Shanghai, time travel, WWII
I’m giving a paper on Ballard, circular time and the nouvelle vague this Thursday, October 1, at 3pm at ACMI in Melbourne, as part of the time.transcendence.performance conference. Come and say hello.
By
Simon Sellars •
Nov 24th, 2008 •
Category:
airports, alternate worlds, Ballardosphere, travel
Man survives for three months in airport terminal; doesn’t know why he’s there…
