[Rem Koolhaas]

“Once, a city was divided in two parts. One part became the Good Half, the other part the Bad Half. The inhabitants of the Bad Half began to flock to the good part of the divided city, rapidly swelling into an urban exodus.” Rem Koolhaas.

Exodus is a proposition, not a built project. To Koolhaas, our world is a phantom world that bears little resemblance to reality. A social commentary about the state of global London, Exodus is an ideological project in narrative, collage, and drawing form. A supposition that individuality can resist collectivity, Exodus offers an alternative urban space to the global and universal sameness beyond its walls.

“Exodus exhibits utopian engagement but is not itself a utopian city, as utopias are ‘about social change and the possibility of a radically different future.” Antoine Picon.