DEMOCRACITY

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View of Democracity featured in the pamphlet handed out at the Trylon and Perisphere, Theme Center building.

The project Democracity is based on the futuristic vision of a city named Democracity which was presented in the central pavilion of the World Fair in New York: a globe shaped building adjacent to an obelisk-shaped structure which became the logo and the symbol of the fair. Democracity was a planned urban and exurban complex of the future, an attempt to imagine how a city could look in 2039. It was inspired by the Garden Cities of Tomorrow by Ebenezer Howard from 1902, and was designed by Henry Dreyfuss, based on an idea of Edward Bernays. Edward Bernays, who directed the public relations of the fair, was the nephew of Sigmund Freud and an American pioneer in the field of public relations and propaganda. He is known as the "father of public relations" and played a major role in defining the industry's philosophy and methods.

Accompanied by a text about the utopian beliefs and ideas of the future which illustrated Democracity, this project will take the shape of a chameleonesque relief. Which means that it will adapt the colour and material of the wall or floor it will be exhibited on. Unlike the Democracity of Henry Dreyfuss, the relief will take a full circular shape, which brings it back to the ideas of The Garden cities of Ebenezer.

View of the bulding of the Trylon and Perispher in the pamphlet handed out at the Trylon and Perisphere, Theme Center building.

View of plans of Democracity featured in the pamphlet handed out at the Trylon and Perisphere, Theme Center building.