The authors wish to thank Laura Lotti, Erik Bordeleau, Patrick Rawson, Oliver Klingefjord, Chris Harris and Helin Can for their critical insights and precious perspectives. Credits for the cover image go to ADAGP, Paris.A utopian blueprintIn 1956, Western countries were at the dawn of a magmatic period that would reach its peak in the socio-political turmoil of 1968. During that year, the avant-garde Dutch artist Constant Nieuwenhuys started to work on an utopical project named New Babylon: a...