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Shadow Fair:
The Unfinished Business
of The World of Tomorrow

Part 1 —
Worlds Within The 1939–40
New York World’s Fair

  1. Historical Resonance (1939–40 and 
    2019–20)
  2. Thematic Structures
  3. Substance and Shadow: Business as Usual
  4. Material World

Part 2 —
Future Imperfect: Indelible Shadows

  1. (More) Unfinished Business:
    Structures of The American Psyche
  2. It’s a Man’s World
  3. Brave Face
  4. The Unfinished World of Tomorrow, Redux

Part 3 —
Persuasive Mechanics: “Let us sell America to Americans”

  1. Soft Power and Spectacle
  2. Design Makes the Future Its Business
  3. The Works Progress Administration (WPA)
  4. Designing Futures, Then and Now

Part 4 —
Art and Design: Critical Response

  1. From Research to Response
  2. Activating the Archive: A Critical Synthesis
  3. Curation, Exhibition, Programming: Models and Forms
  4. Notes
Mark