Apart from being horrifically intimidating, Robots of Brixton gave an inspirational
way of storytelling and setting a scene for future realities. The subtle way in
which architectural eventualities were shown created a fear of future decay but
also a deep nostalgia, which was eventually explained:
“History repeats
itself, first as tragedy, second as farce” Karl
Marx
The idea that the future repeats itself is a very simple
idea that has been extrapolated through history, from the social; financial crises, wealth & building
booms, wars, to the natural; weather
patterns, evolution, cyclical climatic changes of ice ages. It seems we go
through life expecting the predictable to change:
“Insanity: doing the
same thing over and over again and expecting different results” Albert Einstein
This idea may be a way to predict the potential futures for
Brisbane…
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