topos Magazine

13 December 2019

Consumption: People who consume, use things up, then buy new things and dispose of the old – consumption today is much more than the mere satisfying of basic needs. The growth of the world's population and our excessive, “higher, wider, faster” consumption have long since changed the topography of our planet; urban and rural spaces, landscapes, and nature itself are all being economised. Landscapes of consumption – these are rapidly growing megacities, shopping malls and futuristic airports; these are staged realities and the spectacularisation of space. topos 109 examines landscapes of consumption and analyses their dictates and aesthetics.