"Robot Dreams" is a cinematic love letter to a glorious 1980s New York. In this episode, inspired by the film, I explore my nostalgia for a pre 9/11 world, the role of cities in Italo Calvino and the poetics of places of Gaston Bachelard.

New York, a place in the mind

There are things we simply can’t shrug off. Provoking art, controversial books, compelling films or disarming news. In this monthly series at the intersection of culture and social justice, we scratch away at those things that get under our skin.

About the producer: Viviana is an Italian-Canadian lecturer and artivist based in Berlin.

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There are things we simply can’t shrug off. Provoking art, controversial books, compelling films or disarming news. In this monthly series at the intersection of culture and social justice, we scratch away at those things that get under our skin. About the producer: Viviana is an Italian-Canadian lecturer and artivist based in Berlin.

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