Amid deepening ecological and democratic crises, urban theory is changing fundamentally. Film and cinema—media historically intertwined with the city—have likewise undergone a profound transformation in its modes of representation and visual culture since the late 1980s. Today, filmmakers, photographers, and radical artists investigate the distant landscapes and territories of extended urbanization in all its forms. […]

When architecture serves as a tool for punishment through confinement and isolation, every design choice affects lives. What is prison architecture? Where do spaces of incarceration from jails to migration camps and beyond materialize? How do their spatial logics haunt our contemporary societies? For the first time, Carceral Architecture offers readers an account of prison […]

Amid deepening ecological and democratic crises, urban theory is changing fundamentally. Film and cinema—media historically intertwined with the city—have likewise undergone a profound transformation in its modes of representation and visual culture since the late 1980s. Today, filmmakers, photographers, and radical artists investigate the distant landscapes and territories of extended urbanization in all its forms. […]

Lush lawns, blue swimming pools, double garages: Suburbia delves into the (visual) worlds of American suburbia—politics, architecture, pop culture and advertising have shaped desires and realities. The exhibition highlights these tensions and simultaneously illustrates the boom in single-family homes in Germany after 1945 with home stories from the magazine Schöner Wohnen. Visitors can flip through […]