Virilio

Paul Virilio (Paris 1932 - Parigi 2018), after studying architecture, becomes president-founder of the group "Architecture Principe" in 1963 and director of the group's journal. From 1968 is professor at the Ecole Spéciale d'Architecture of Paris, becoming its president in 1998. Urbanist and essayist, he is known as a theorist of speed and a specialist of new technologies. Among his works, aside from his collaboration with Baj for Eleuthera, relevant works are: Speed and Politics: an Essay on Dromology  (Published in Italian by Multila, 1981), The Aesthetics of Disappearance (Published in Italian by Liguori, 1992), Lo Schermo e l'Oblio [The Screen and Oblivion] (Published in Italian by Anabasi, 1994) and La deriva di un continente: conflitti e territorio nella modernità [The continent's drift: conflicts and territory in Modernity] (Published in Italian by Mimesis, 1994)