The Eden Project
<p>Eden Project gives space and visual representation to goals. It explores the ‘essence’ of pursued destinies, the tangible ‘collapse’ of imagined goals, and the tools employed in the realms of work, life, and thought to achieve them. Karl Kraus once argued: ‘Origin is the goal’. If Eden represents the origin, as such it is eternally lost and only attainable as a goal. In his theses <em>On the Concept of History</em>, Walter Benjamin referred to ‘progress’ as the project of modernity that compels us to establish Eden as a goal, but it is our fixation on this goal that perpetually distances us from the origin, leaving us trapped in the melancholic state of lost paradise. Giorgio Agamben urges us to contemplate the essence of existence: the possible responses intertwine elusive ideals, entrenched opportunism, fortuitous circumstances, and preconceived notions, all serving as the backdrop for establishing necessities and desires. The goal is an elusive image, encompassing either the primitive and untainted way of life or the perfect city, influenced by the interplay between culture and nature. It can be internalized through the dominance of abstractions or remain unattainable in the face of neo-realisms. The desired destination clarifies the purpose of the journey, sometimes rendering the journey itself as the sole means of bringing it into focus.</p>
Editors: Sara Marini
Contributors: Niloofar Amini, Giovanni Battista Careri, Zoë Cope, Juan Carlos Dall’Asta, Anna Cecchin, Marco Cillis, Federico Deambrosis, Camilla De Boni, Filippo De Dominicis, Cristina Díaz Moreno, Benedetta Di Donato, Caterina Franco, Efrén García Grinda, Roberto Gigliotti, Vincenzo Gioffrè, Alain Guiheux, Luigi Guzzardi, Francesco Jodice, Asad Khan, John Latto, Mario Lupano, Marco Marino, Walter Niedermayr, Aurora Pizziolo, Marco Pogacnik, Francisco Portugal e Gomes, Iacopo Prinetti, Nick Roseboro, Luca Ruali, Claudia Oliva Saavedra, Eliana Saracino, Daniel Sherer, Andrea Tagliapietra, Chiara Valerio
Assistant Editor: Francesco Bergamo, Giulia Bersani, Giovanni Carli, Egidio Cutillo, Giacomo De Caro, Stefano Eger, Francesco Maranelli, Elisa Monaci, Andrea Pastorello, Alberto Petracchin, Francesca Rognoni, Federica Salaorni, Riccardo Segradin, Davide Zaupa, Luca Zilio
Translators: Just!Venice
Graphic Designer: bruno
Università Iuav di Venezia, Quodlibet
Part of: Vesper
ISBN: 978-88-229-1460-6