15-10-24 // MONU #37 ON CONFLICT-DRIVEN URBANISM RELEASED

Cover of MONU #37

Yesterday we released MONU’s new issue #37 on the topic of “Conflict-driven Urbanism”.

“To Eradicate Urban Conflict, Eradicate Urban Interaction” as Benjamin van Loon states in his satirical article that is structured as a memo to the members of a fictitious association: the North American Alliance for Gated Communities. Because urbanism is inherently conflict-driven as Eve Blau points out in our interview with her entitled “Conflict as Condition”. According to her, processes of urbanization involve a certain amount of violence and destruction as cities are places of power, representation, and contestation, which she thinks is both positive and negative… continue reading on MONU´s website.

(Cover: Image is part of the Interview with Ai Weiwei on page 109 and courtesy of Ai Weiwei Studio. ©Ai Weiwei Studio)

Flipping the pages of MONU #37, Music: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son, Video editing: Danae Zachariaki