Thomas Symeonidis (1977, Thessaloniki) graduated from the Faculty of Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the École Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris Val-de-Seine (ENSAPVDS). He completed his postgraduate studies at the London School of Economics & Political Science and the National Technical University of Athens, where he defended his doctoral dissertation on Theodor Adorno’s interpretation of Samuel Beckett’s “Endgame.” In the past, he worked in public administration and collaborated with architectural offices in Greece and abroad. He lives permanently in Paris, where he works on philosophical and comparative aesthetics in parallel with his writing activity in literature and theater. He is a member of the Hellenic Society for Aesthetics.
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In The Future of the Image, Jacques Rancière develops a fascinating new concept of the image in contemporary art, showing how art and politics have always been intrinsically intertwined. He argues that there is a stark political choice in art: it can either reinforce a radical democracy or create a new reactionary mysticism. For Rancière there is never a pure art: the aesthetic revolution must always embrace egalitarian ideals.
