Lectures by Carmen Muñumer and Daniele Porretta + round table discussion.

¿Y si no era más que una película? La arquitectura utópica en el cine - Carmen Muñumer

Both architectural theory and science fiction cinema are spaces for experimentation, exploration and reflection on other possible realities. And, therefore, they are ideal scenarios for the approach and development of visionary ideas, where the desire to achieve utopia acts as a creative and intellectual stimulus. Through a set of particularly significant films, this research highlights the close relationships between architecture, cinema and utopian thinking.

Cinco ciudades imaginarias y dos posibles futuros para la humanidad - Daniele Porretta

Fueled by the climate emergency, the assertion of new authoritarian and populist regimes, and the outbreak of military tensions and conflicts, recent narratives seem to have definitively abandoned utopias in favor of dystopian and apocalyptic scenarios. But despite the saturation of negative images that characterizes our times, the crisis of utopia is not recent and has older roots. 
Through some of the imaginary cities of literature and cinema we will explore how the utopian (and dystopian) genre has represented and represents the fears that influence our idea of the future: the impact of technology, our relationship with nature, the fear of political, racial and class conflicts. Finally, we will ask ourselves what are the current imaginaries regarding the future, between the flight to other habitable worlds and the conscious reconstruction of our relationship with the planet we inhabit.