I can get an infinitely reproducible copy of the iconic shot of Conrad Schumann leaping the checkpoint barricade within seconds of googling for it, but the symbolic buttons it presses get pressed much harder when one buys it as a postcard from a shop on Unter den Linden before sitting down among the glistening new constructions of Potsdamer Platz 2.0 to scribble a suitable message on it and send it to a friend back home.

Paul Graham Raven runs Futurismic and has lately become obsessed with our Grim Meathook Future. For Border Town, he takes a sort of break from that, beginning with amoebas and ending with… well, we won’t spoil it for you.

The Canonical City | Futurismic