Blinded by Light The Colonization of Night and Space Mirrors

TENTO TITUL VYJDE AŽ V ČERVNU. OBJEDNÁVKY BUDEME VYŘIZOVAT AŽ BĚHEM ČERVNA.

Is the constant illumination that is blurring the distinction between day and night a dream of modernity or a nightmare? When we shine a light into the darkest corners, does it really mean that we can see better and understand everything? Or can the omnipresent brightness blind us? The first part of this book outlines and summarizes existing research on the topic of the colonization of the night and traces its important manifestations from antiquity to the present day. The second part is more specifically oriented towards the issue of illuminating night areas with space mirrors. For the first time ever, it comprehensivelytraces the history of these plans from their beginnings in the1920s to the present day, placing them in a social, political, cultural, and environmental context.

Nikola Ivanov is an intermedia artist who works primarily with text, photography, and video. He is the editor of the anthology Odpočinek v neklidu (Rest in Restless Times), dedicated to the biopolitics of sleep. He currently co-directs The Applied Photography Studio at the Faculty of Art and Design at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem and works as a methodologist at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague.