October 1st, 2009 by Matt Jones · 1 Comment

See also

Last night I saw David Hare’s “The Power of Yes” at the National Theatre. It’s subtitled “A dramatist seeks to understand the financial crisis”. In the playwright’s own words, spoken by Anthony Calf as he takes the stage at the beginning, playing David Hare: “This isn’t a play. It’s a story. It doesn’t pretend to [...]

September 8th, 2009 by Matt Jones · No Comments

See also

A favourite device of ours in ‘walking the landscape of possible futures’ is to imagine a counterfactual – a ‘what if’ version of history where changing one or two factors results in a recognisable but very different present or future. A favourite example of ours is Sascha Pohflepp’s “Golden Institute” project, which I mentioned in [...]