Welcome to the first theory episode of Season 3! Today we are joined by Matthew Bliss, a PhD researcher based in the History of Art department at the University of Warwick.

The Arcades Project is the dreamlike and fragmentary unfinished project of Walter Benjamin which offers an enormous amount of writing on Paris in the 19th century. In the episode we unpack the architectural structure of arcades, why Benjamin was so fascinated with them, the flâneur before finishing with a discussion of films, books and more that feature strolling about as a theme.

This is our fourth (and possibly final) episode on Walter Benjamin and we really hope you enjoy!

Find out more about Matthew Bliss here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/scapvc/arthistory/research/students/studentresearch/bliss/

Sources and Media 

You kind find all source material discussed in the episode here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WPKpI5Wb1uGc6b9qjEoQgR1A0ZIQDGGbjWX7W5WXk_M/edit?usp=sharing

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Outro: Lori Beauty, Coma Studios