This paper aims to contribute to the interdisciplinary study of bunker aesthetics by exploring the symbolic features of these unique environments and their controversial legacy. The term “bunker” encompasses a complex set of constructions that share similar contexts and a paradoxical nature. As illustrated by Paul Virilio’s Bunker Archaeology, bunkers were designed to be both invisible and visible, defensive and offensive, sheltering and menacing, real and virtual. They are remnants of controversial pasts and glimpses of bleak futures.
A proposal for a bunker aesthetics from Paul Virilio’s archaeology to virtual architecture / M. Fontana - In: Imagin(g) Heritage / [a cura di] S. Brusaporci, P. Maiezza, A. Marra, I. Trizio, F. Savini, A. Tata. - Alghero : PUBLICA, 2023. - ISBN 978 88 99586 32 4. - pp. 162-169 (( Intervento presentato al 4. convegno IMG23 IV Convegno Internazionale e Interdisciplinare su Immagini e Immaginazione tenutosi a L'Aquila nel 2023.
A proposal for a bunker aesthetics from Paul Virilio’s archaeology to virtual architecture
M. Fontana
2023
Abstract
This paper aims to contribute to the interdisciplinary study of bunker aesthetics by exploring the symbolic features of these unique environments and their controversial legacy. The term “bunker” encompasses a complex set of constructions that share similar contexts and a paradoxical nature. As illustrated by Paul Virilio’s Bunker Archaeology, bunkers were designed to be both invisible and visible, defensive and offensive, sheltering and menacing, real and virtual. They are remnants of controversial pasts and glimpses of bleak futures.
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