Architecture and More Futurism
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T O D A Y 1) Re-cap of yesterday’s philosophical underpinnings 2) Aesthetics 3) Something about architecture 4) Observations and notes around how the aesthetic of Gattaca was constructed. Today will complete yesterday’s work by reinforcing our considerations about why Niccol made the design choices he made and these choices influence our reading of the film.
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T O D A Y
1) Re-cap of yesterday’s philosophical underpinnings
2) Aesthetics
3) Something about architecture
4) Observations and notes around how the aesthetic of Gattaca was constructed.
Today will complete yesterday’s work by reinforcing our considerations about why Niccol made the design choices he made and these choices influence our reading of the film.
F U T U R I S M
A reminder about this because having a knowledge of this philosophy and style can give you something relatively unique to drop into an essay.
The futurist philosophy was around the hybridisation of man and machine. It saw the coming together of man and machine as a natural evolution. It believed whole heartedly in man’s defeat of nature through technology. It had no sympathy for the past and looked solely to a future where the technological man was the superior man.
