UNMANNED RETREAT

Edited by architects and thinkers Ethel Baraona Pohl, Marina Otero, and Malkit Shoshan, Retreat is a lexicon to describe the actio n of withdrawal from civic life. By creating a spatial approach to the language of escape, it widens the definitions of familiar t erms such as safety, surveillance, and self-reliance. The lexicon draws attention to current global events, such as the spread of ep idemic disease, climate catastrophe, the militarisation of public space, and the impact of mass surveillance on daily life. Through an array of s...[Read more]