Utopia: In Search of the Dream - Season 1

Utopia: In Search of the Dream - Season 1

Season 1

Network
Episodes3
DatesAug. 8, 2017 - Aug. 22, 2017

Episodes

Blueprints for Better
Season 1Episode 160 min

Blueprints for Better

In this first episode, Richard explores how utopian visions begin as blueprints for fairer worlds and asks whether they can inspire real change.

Aug. 8, 2017
Build It and They Will Come
Season 1Episode 260 min

Build It and They Will Come

In this second episode, Richard asks whether utopian visions for living can ever reconcile the tension between the group and the individual, the rules and the desire to break free.

Travelling to America he encounters experimental communities searching for greater meaning in life. Richard visits a former Shaker village in New Hampshire and immerses himself for a day at the Twin Oaks eco-commune in Virginia, where residents share everything - even clothes.

Aug. 15, 2017
A Good Place Within
Season 1Episode 360 min

A Good Place Within

Art historian Richard Clay asks whether utopia is, ultimately, a state of mind. Can we find utopia within? He explores the many ways we have created to immerse ourselves in a perfect moment, of epiphany or transcendence, pushing the boundaries of artistic expression and pleasure.

Seeking answers in a broad range of arts, Richard meets digital games pioneer Sid Meier, Rada improvisation teacher Chris Heimann and opera impresario Martin Graham. He tries to compose a haiku and uncovers traces of the hedonistic medieval Carnival tradition in the churches and pubs of his native Lancashire.

Richard also compares and contrasts different musical escapes, interviewing Acid House legend A Guy Called Gerald and the celebrated minimalist composer Steve Reich. This is not about the utopia of the future but about the utopia of the immediate world that we can experience now.

Aug. 22, 2017

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