Utopia/Dystopia

Friday, 30 September 2011

Bibliography

Bibliography

Books

Barker, Nigel. (2007) Margate’s Seaside Heritage. English Hertiage.

Drackett, Phil (1977) The Book Of Great Disasters. Purnell books.

Glaser, Milton. Ilic’, Mirko (2005) The Design of Dissent. Rockport.

Harrison, Ian. (2008) Britain From Above. Pavilion.

Opie, Robert. (1995) The Wartime Scrapbook, From Blitz to Victory 1939-1945. Narisa Chakra.

Ponti, Gio. (2002) A World. Renato Minetto.

Rensbergen, Van, Henik (2007) Abandoned Places. Lannoo

Rensbergen, Van, Henik (2010) Abandoned Places 2. Lannoo

Reuters. (2011) Our World Now. Thames and Hudson

Theroux, Paul (1983) The Kingdom by the sea. Penguin.

Films

Big Fish (2003) Tim Burton.

I am Legend (2007) Francis Lawrence.

I, Robot (2004) Dir. Alex Proyas.

The Matrix (1999) Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski.

Tron Legacy (2010) Joseph Kosinski.

Exhibitions

Imperial War Museum London, The Holocaust Exhibition. (Accessed 9th September 2011)

Photography New Documentary Forms, Tate Modern London. (Accessed 9th September 2011)

Nothing in the world but Youth, Margate. (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

E-Book

More, T (2005) Utopia

Music

Jackson, Michael. Earth Song.

Jackson, Michael. Man In The Mirror.

Documentaries

Children of 9/11 - Children of 9/11 (September 11, 2011) channel 4. (Accessed 16th September 2011)

Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill - Bin Laden: Shoot to Kill (September 7, 2011) channel 4. (Accessed 16th September 2011)

Post Cards

Postcard 1: (Artist Unknown) (Date Unknown) Margate, Cliftonville, Westbrook, Westgate on sea, Birchington. Magnastism.

Postcard 2: (Artist Unknown) (Date Unknown) Isle of Thanet, Broadstairs, Cliftonville, Margate, Ramsgate. Magnastism.

Postcard 3: Lander, Edward. (Date Unknown) Catch the sun at Ramsgate, A holiday to jump at! Magnastism.

Postcard 4: Mavis, Stella. (1955) Broadstairs, No sands so fair No skies so blue. Magnastism.

Postcard 5: (Artist Unknown) (Date Unknown) Book your place in the sun at Margate, Cliftonville, Westgate, westgate on sea, Birchington. Magnastism.

Dictionary

Collins Dictionary (2006) 14^th Edition

Newspapers

London Evening Standard. (September 9th 2011) City Firm That Rose From The 9/11 Ashes. (Accessed 9th September 2011)

Times (20th September 2011) Return to good ‘ole glory days. (Accessed 23rd September 2011)

YouTube

I Robot (Accessed 15th September 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U64xgNUynD0&feature=player_embedded#!. ,

The Matrix. (Accessed 15th September 2011) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM5yepZ21pI&feature=player_embedded.

Big Fish (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d-kjzBmz6I.

Legacy (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9szn1QQfas

I am Legend (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7CC0kbGj6s.

Blog

20 Best Places From Each Country. (Accessed 17th September 2011)

http://20best.blogspot.com/2011/08/pics-of-chernobyl.html.

Internet

BBC News Nature, In Pictures: Chernobyl Wilderness. (Accessed 16th September 2011) http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/14325323.

The Internet Movie Database, The Matrix. (Accessed 15th September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/.

The Internet Movie Database, I Robot (Accessed 15th September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0343818/.

The Internet Movie Database, Big Fish (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319061/.

The Internet Movie Database, Tron Legacy (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1104001/.

The Internet Movie Database, I am Legend (Accessed 22nd September 2011)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/.

David Hockney (Accessed 23rd September 2011)

http://www.hockneypictures.com/photos/photos_collages.php.

Image List

Figure 1. Brighton Old Pier, Photograph (2011) (Accessed 18th September 2011)

Figure 2. Brighton Pier, Photograph (2011) (Accessed 18th September 2011)

Figure 3. Artist Unknown, Date Unknown, Margate, Cliftonville, Westbrook, Wesgate on sea, Birchington. Magnastism. (11.5cm x 8.9cm).

Figure 4. Mavis, Stella. (1955) Broadstairs, No sands so fair No skies so blue. Magnastism. (11.5cm x 8.9cm).

Figure 5. Lido Sands, Margate. Photograph (2011) Accessed 17th September 2011)

Book: Theroux, Paul (1983) The kingdom by the sea. Penguin

Dictionary Definition: Utopia

Collins Dictionary 14th Edition 2006,

Utopia:

'any real or imaginary society, place, or state considered to be perfect or ideal'

Friday, 23 September 2011

David Hockney

Merced River,Yosemite Valley 1982
photographic collage, 52x61 in.

Telephone Pole, 1982
photographic collage, 66x40 in.

Prehistoric Museum Near Palm Springs, 1982
photographic collage, 84 1/2 x 56 1/2 in.

Robert Littman Floating In a Pool, 1982
photographic collage, 22 1/2 x 30 in.

Walking In The Zen Garden, Ryoanji Temple, Kyoto 1983
photographic collage, 40 x 62 1/2 in.

http://www.hockneypictures.com/photos/photos_collages_06.php

E-Book: More, T (2005) Utopia

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2130/2130-h/2130-h.htm

In the book by Thomas More (2005) written in the year 1516, he invites people to consider their ideal world or situation. This suggests the view that there shall be different perceptions of that ideal according to the person’s subjectivity.

More states;

I earnestly beg you would describe that island very particularly to us; be not too short, but set out in order all things relating to their soil, their rivers, their towns, their people, their manners, constitution, laws, and, in a word, all that you imagine we desire to know; (More, 2005)

He has invited the person to describe in detail what they would desire their ideal place or situation and how it should function. In short to describe their utopia from their own view ideal.

More further suggests:

If an accident has so lessened the number of the inhabitants of any of their towns that it cannot be made up from the other towns of the island without diminishing them too much (More, 2005)

Again More suggests an ideal situation, perfection despite changing situations to ensure an ideal balance is retained. How realistic an ideal may be is open to question.

Book: Barker, Nigel. (2007) Margate’s Seaside Heritage. English Hertiage.

Inside front cover

Fronting the harbour, The Parade was formerly Margate's premier location for visitor amenities. It contained hotels, shops, baths and a library, and was a fashionable promenade.

Frontispiece

The eastern expansion of Margate was so extensive that it became known as Margate New Town and later Cliftonville. As well as developing a social distinction, the high chalk cliffs provided a scenic contrast to the low-lying seafront around the harbour.

Margate Seafront, c1890-1910. Observed from Marine Gardens, sea bathing from bathing machines at high tide makes for popular viewing by visitors along Marine Terrace and Marine Drive.