#segmentation of space

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Deleuze / Gautary

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From Inside the Walls

The thing about walls is that they block the view. Once you’re behind them, you have to imagine what it’s like on the other side. As time goes by, imagining becomes more difficult and we become more reluctant to engage in it.

The problem with building walls as a deterrent against thieves assumes that thieves are merely opportunists or that there is a softer target. The result is people will build higher and higher walls and the would be thieves will either find means to scale these walls or become contractors specialised in walls or security.

So private walls are a metaphor to the problems confronted by collective decision making. Given Brexit, terrorism and Trump, there is an urgency not to find a solution but to understand the decision making that has driven people to create the world in which we are. Alienation leads to disenfranchisement and it is not a theoretical problem, it is Brexit, terrorism and Trump.