Constant's Nomadic City
In the period 1954-1974 the Dutch artist known as Constant (Constant Nieuwenhuys,
1920-2005) elaborated a series of artworks and writings depicting a future urban
agglomeration: New Babylon. Stretching over the whole globe, New Babylon hosts
wandering individuals who freely move around the interactive space of the hyper-city
without any fixed abode, or any reference to an established culture and habits. As the
progressing automation of all productive activity allows the people to dispose of free