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SUMMARY:'From Utopia to Politics: Brutalist Architecture in France’s Wor
 king-Class Neighbourhoods' - Robin Wilson (Bartlett School of Architecture
 \, UCL)\, Nigel Green\, Ulysse Rabaté (Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint
 -Denis)
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DESCRIPTION:Please join us for the joint book presentation of Brutalist Pa
 ris' (Nigel Green & Robin Wilson) & 'Streetologie' (Ulysse Rabaté).\n\nTh
 e event is free and open to everyone\, but please note that registration i
 s required.\n\nFrom utopian visions to lived political realities\, and fro
 m ideal object to political project\, this joint book presentation will ex
 plore the pivotal place of Brutalist architecture in collective imaginarie
 s and in the everyday spaces people inhabit. \n\nThis talk is organised as
  part of the exhibition 'Brutalist Imaginaries: Radical Architectures of O
 xford and Paris' by Photolanguage (Nigel Green & Robin Wilson)\, presented
  from 19 January to 14 March 20226 at the Maison Française d'Oxford.\n\nB
 rutalist Paris is the first thoroughly researched\, English language study
  of Parisian Brutalist architecture. It constructs a unique photographic r
 ecord of over 50 buildings across Paris and brings a new interpretation of
  Brutalism in the French context. The book is the result of many journeys\
 , from the Parisian centre to its outer peripheries\, and situates Brutali
 sm within the broader social\, political and cultural context of Paris\, i
 ncluding its appearance in film and television. It describes Brutalism’s
  successes and failures in Paris\, from an architecture of monumental urba
 n form to intricately crafted living spaces\; from valued\, historic monum
 ents to abandoned ruins.\nThe book includes seven essays by Robin Wilson\,
  details for more than 50 individual buildings\, maps and more than 150 bl
 ack and white photographs by Dr Nigel Green. \nRobin Wilson is a critic\, 
 curator and associate professor of history and theory at the Bartlett Scho
 ol of Architecture. He has published many reviews on art\, architecture an
 d landscape in the architectural press\, and written extensively on repres
 entation and architecture in academic journals and books.\nNigel Green is 
 a photographer\, artist and lecturer. He has exhibited and published many 
 photographic projects that document genres of modernist architecture acros
 s the UK\, Europe and the former Eastern Bloc.\nWilson\, R. & Green\, N.\,
  2023. Brutalist Paris: Post-War Brutalist Architecture in Paris and Envir
 ons. London: Blue Crow Media. ISBN 978-1-912018-73-4.\n\n‘I don't do pol
 itics\, I do things that people can see from their windows.’ The Streeto
 logy project analyses this shift: that of lifestyles\, commitments\, repre
 sentations and power structures\, deployed in everyday neighbourhood life\
 , making their way into the ‘sacred’ realm of politics. The link betwe
 en the street and politics is not obvious\, and yet these two seemingly di
 stinct worlds maintain a dialogue that this book seeks to explain. The hum
 anities can analyse such an encounter if they question the negative defini
 tion of what happens on the street\, far from the established frameworks o
 f engagement. An ‘alternative’ aesthetic of politics is taking shape\,
  and it is a matter of outlining its contours and connections.\nUlysse Rab
 até is a political science researcher at Paris 8 University Vincennes Sai
 nt-Denis. He has been an elected representative and activist in the Paris 
 suburbs.\nRabaté\, U.\, 2024. Streetologie: Savoirs de la rue et culture 
 politique. Paris: Éditions du commun. ISBN 979-10-95630-74-6.\n\n \n\n \n
 Speakers:\nRobin Wilson (Bartlett School of Architecture\, UCL)\, Nigel Gr
 een\, Ulysse Rabaté (Paris 8 University Vincennes Saint-Denis)
LOCATION:Maison Française d'Oxford\, 2-10 Norham Road OX2 6SE
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