The day started in Hyde Park, viewing a current display of prototyped summer house designs, all sustainable and eco friendly. I found this extremely inspiring for and in touch with my ideas, making me consider a future where all systems of transport, living, and industry are far more sustainable and less damaging to the environment. The summer houses were also extremely spacious and certain features allowed them to be changed and reshaped easily without being fully disassembled. By this logic, houses could be redesigned, easily expanded or scaled down depending on the needs of the occupier. It reminded me of a recent trip to Germany, over three days an apartment building being built accross the road from my hostel came together extremely quickly as the walls, doors and windows seemed to clip together with ease, rather than needing to be built on site.
Overall I feel the exibition was extremely helpful in helping me find inspiration for utopian society.
After this we went to the nearby V&A Museum, full of historic works of art as well as modern master pieces from all around the globe. it was helpful that much of the art was in chronological order, and very well represented the progression of technology and culture through time. By seeing this, I believe it makes the changes of the future clearer in terms of how we can improve society. I feel in the most modern section, photography 1900-2000, showed major signs of growing social consciousness as a feminism and the civil rights movement were regular themes of the gallery. In a Utopian society these struggles will be completed, and all can feel safe, equal, and unoppressed
Authors own, 5/9/16The glass art section was extremely inspiring in terms of my visual ideas of Utopia. the sleek, colourful designs stood out uniquely from all other art in the museum and had an extremely futuristic appearance. Glass art is very modern and uncommon, this lacking familiarity from the viewer gives the idea that the art is new.
Authors own 5/09/16
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