Browsing by Subject "space"

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Between the waste land and no place: Christopher Nolan’s futuristic dystopia »Interstellar« (2014)
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2016) Podgajna, Patrycja Magdalena
Since the 1990s the number of dystopian films projecting apocalyptic visions of global catastrophe and dramatizing an ecological agenda has radically increased. Much of this trend is inspired by anxieties about the future repercussions of today’s actions and the collective responsibility for the future of our planet. One film that aptly represents this category is Christopher Nolan’s futuristic dystopia <i>Interstellar</i> (2014). Blending generic conventions of space-travel, science-fiction and moral fable, the film, with its bleak vision of ecological disaster, social unrest, and economic decline, clearly evokes the dystopian paradigm in which the projected reality is perceived as significantly worse than the here and now (<i>sensu</i> Sargent 1994:5). However, contrary to many dystopias offering nihilistic or anti-utopian denouements, Christopher Nolan’s apocalyptic vision clearly posits a progressive and definite possibility of utopian impulse, which is encapsulated by the final resolution of the global catastrophe. The core of the argument is that the neutralization of the dystopian impulse and the resulting projection of the utopian vision are facilitated by the imposition of an interstitial space constructed in the vein of postmodern poetics: an ambiguous fifth dimensional library, in which books perform a two-fold function. While intratextually, they serve as a catalyst between the tangibly dystopian present and the possibly utopian future, extratextually, they function as a universal mode of communication transcending the constraints of time and space.
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Interview with Fabien Apper
(2023) Apper, Fabien; Biettron, Justine; Shashkova, Elizaveta
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Interview with Moses Mwakyanjala
(2023) Mwakyanjala, Moses; Törlind, Peter
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Słuch a percepcja przestrzeni
(Wydawnictwa AGH, 2012) Skoczek, Zuzanna
Space is usually perceived and examined as a tridimensional, but visual construct. The article shows it as a process, in which both external (systemic, environmental) and internal (psychological, physical) factors matter. They are important in all kinds of space perception, including the auditory one, which is often disregarded. Meanwhile, it can furnish rich information on one’s point in the space, events happening around, character and function of a place etc. What cannot be ignored is that »auditory spatial awareness« [Blesser, 2007] in- influences people’s behavior. This is the reason why architects, governments and artists start to pay attention to this phenomenon, while social researchers do surveys. Their cooperation can be seen in Evidence-Based Design architectonic trend or Project for Public Spaces. Similar, but stricter requirements are set by the European Commission. But surrounding sounds are not only damaging and disturbing. Many of them are helpful, provide information, give solace and many are parts of soundmarks, »acoustic landmarks«, are components of identity. Gathering sounds, often ascribed to places, became a new kind of entertainment and artistic activity.