Autre #16 S/S 2023 2025 gift guide Retinal Shift investigates the practice

Retinal Shift investigates the practice and mechanics of looking – in relation to the history of Grahamstown

The people and things we want feel very far away

allusive collages

The rise and quick fall of brutalist architecture within the span of two decades (1960s - 1970s) was thought of as the end of it

but rather the web of origins

Autre #16 S/S 2023 2025 gift guide Retinal Shift investigates the practiceWhat is utopia and why does it seduce us? What we learned through the making of this issue is that utopia is a mirror of our repressed desires. It is also a work in progresscontinually writing itself in and out of history. We have watched utopian movements rise and fall with fascination, but as the world becomes darker, our survival depends on imagining a better world. Every dialogue in this issue is a critical reflection of this vision.