Dirt in the Machine
Author: Simon Sellars • Sep 26th, 2007 •Category: Ballardosphere, gated communities
From Geoff Coupe:
A news story with Ballardian overtones … members of India’s professional class protesting over the fact that the dust, heat and squalor of India is seeping into their gated communities. Some typically Ballardian motifs are on display: the empty swimming pool, residents taking militant action; life is imitating art. Some unconscious irony as well: ‘Many of the people who live here work for the finest international companies in the world. We will not be held to ransom by unscrupulous builders. This was supposed to be a luxury condominium, not a government building. We paid a lot to live here,’ he said.
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