Dixit 01: Hypercomfort magazine and the International Institute of

and the International Institute of Social History

a period that was of utmost importance to Taiwan’s post-war social and economic development

Beautiful Madness considers curatorial practices and art writing as vibrant

and curator working in Glasgow where since 2006 he has been the director of the Centre for Contemporary Arts

and participatory encounters

Dixit 01: Hypercomfort magazine and the International Institute ofThe first issue of the magazine published by Cosa Mentale revolves around the theme of hypercomfort, as critically dissected and interpreted by Paris based studio Bruther and Laurent Stalder, professor of architecture history at ETH Zurich. Keeping the body in its comfort zone is the secret watchword of our daily environment. As soon as a door is crossed, as soon as an interior is roamed, the environment must be controlled, air conditioned, sanitised.