Heterotopia is a concept elaborated by philosopher Michel Foucault to describe spaces of otherness, which are neither here nor there, that are simultaneously physical and mental, such as the space of a phone call or the moment when you see yourself in the mirror. Foucault uses the idea of a mirror as a metaphor for utopia because the image that you see in it does not exist, but it is also a heterotopia because the mirror is a real object that shapes the way you relate to your own image.
Notes:
- Image: Oil on Canvas Painting: Mirror II (2013) by Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, 39, an Armenian artist.
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- Inspiration: Invisible Stories