Utopia is an ongoing field that Nils Norman has been exploring in his art projects, writing, teaching, presentations and collaborations.
Seen primarily as a critical tool - where Utopia is used in a variety of ways to critique existing conditions - alternatives are now more urgent than ever. Now that the - There Is No Alternative (TINA), rhetoric of neoliberal ideology, where everything must be privatised, is increasing in strength - the shared learning of alternative economies, agriculture, collective organising and gender relations is crucial.
Utopia inspired art projects
Ode to Charles Fourier. Towards a Phalanstery for Manchester, 2011
Proposed Redevelopment of the Oval, Hackney E2, London, 2003
The Edible Playscape, Bristol, 2001
The Cruel Dialectic: Decay and Opportunity, 1999
The Four Walls Micro Farm, Brooklyn, NY, 1997
Tompkins Square Park Monument to Civil Disobedience, 1997
Utopia inspired collaborative projects
Edible Park with Permacultuur Centrum Den Haag, 2010
Ecology/Art Expedition Survey: Phase 1. With Scott and Ene Constable, 2002
