The Aesthetic of Right. How Historical Fake Feeds Populist Agendas

Giuseppe Resta; John Gatip

doi:10.6092/issn.2724-2463/12711

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Giuseppe Resta Yeditepe University - Department of Architecture https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8489-5291

Giuseppe Resta is a licensed architect. He is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Bilkent University, Ankara, TR. He previously held teaching positions at the Politecnico di Bari, Bari, IT (2019) and the Polis University, Tirana, AL (2017). He is the owner and curator of Antilia Gallery (Italy) and co-founder of the architecture think tank PROFFERLO Architecture (Bari-London). Resta has been architecture editor at Artwort Magazine and Artwort.com. He holds a Ph.D in architecture from Università degli Studi RomaTRE, Rome, IT (2017) and M.Arch from Politecnico di Bari, Bari, IT (2013). His work has been published in architectural journals such as The Plan Journal, STUDIO, Lunch journal, T3xture, Architecture and Urban Planning, Inflection. His latest monographic books are “AB Chvoya. Architectural bureau” (2020) and “Atlante di progetti per l'Albania. La città e il territorio nel primo Novecento” (2019), both published by Libria. Resta is a member of the COST Action CA18137 “European Middle Class Mass Housing” and the COST Action CA18126 "Writing Urban Places".
John Gatip Architect

John Gatip’s work spans from architectural practice to sculpture, art installations, publication and exhibitions. He is a registered architect in Victoria, Australia with a Masters of Architecture degree from Melbourne School of Design. He has exhibited locally in Australia as well as Internationally. His major work, Aureate launched in August 2019 as part of Craft Victoria’s Craft Cube Festival at the Journal Gallery of Bates Smart which explored themes of cities, narrative, assemblage and production.

In 2018, he co-curated Mirabilia exhibition alongside Fabiana Dicounzo and Giuseppe Resta of Antilia Gallery in Italy. The exhibition curated interpretations of Italo Calvino’s Invisible Cities as Physical models/sculptures from a diverse cohort of international artists and designers.

Recently, John participated in an online exhibition hosted by Antilia Gallery during the Covid-19 pandemic where artists were invited to showcase works that were being made during the isolation period. He exhibited series of paintings that marked his time in isolation.

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https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2724-2463/12711

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post-truth, revival, ideology, historicism, space and power

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Fake News as propaganda is not a novel creation by the former President of the United States (POTUS) and the use of architecture as propaganda to propel populist agendas is no different. This article will observe two case studies, Skopje 2014 implemented by the nationalist conservative party VMRO-DPMNE of Macedonia and the Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture Executive Order no. 13967 by Donald Trump, former POTUS. These Two case studies will be discussed in how architecture feeds the populist agendas through two different types of political administration. The term fake will be associated with misinformation, mistruth and through a historical sweep and comparisons. This article argues how the use of neoclassicism as an architectural style outside of its historical context coupled with the political agendas would be considered propaganda and in turn fake.

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