Rus in urbe: French funster EXYZT brings a radical, rural idyll to London's East End with its windmill and wheatfield

摘要

The ideology-laden press release for the Barbican's current exhibition, Radical Nature: Art and Architecture for a Changing Planet 1969-2009, could have been scripted by French experimental architecture practice EXYZT. The exhibition's aim, to bring together key figures from different generations to create Utopian works and inspiring solutions for our ever-changing planet, reads straight out of the EXYZT manifesto. But this forward-thinking collective also backs up its manifesto with fascinating community-focused installations.