ヴィーナス・プロジェクト

ヴィーナス・プロジェクト（英語: The Venus Project）は、科学的方法と技術を用いて貨幣ベース経済に替わる資源ベース経済（resource-based economy）の構築を目指す、構造力学者・工業デザイナーのジャック・フレスコ（Jacque Fresco）が合衆国フロリダ州ヴィーナスで創始した非営利団体である^[1]。再生可能エネルギーの拡大とエネルギー利用の効率化、都市の持続可能化と電脳化、産業の完全自動化とそれのもたらす生産増大による希少性の克服、賃金労働と代表制政治の撤廃、戦争放棄などを主張する^[2]。特にツァイトガイスト運動のドキュメンタリ・シリーズの中で紹介されてから国際的注目が高まっている。

創始

20世紀初頭のニューヨークで生まれ育ったジャック・フレスコは、世界恐慌と世界大戦を経験し、文明の在り方について興味を幼い頃から抱き始めた^[3]^[4]。ヴィーナス・プロジェクトは1980年代にフレスコとロクサン・メドウズ（Roxanne Meadows）の共同開発で始まり、1994年に法人化された^[5]。2002年にフレスコの主要著作『The Best That Money Can't Buy』が出版された。彼の人生を辿った映画『Future By Design』が2006年に、そしてヴィーナス・プロジェクトを取り上げたドキュメンタリの続編『Zeitgeist Addendum』が2008年に公開された。2010年を通してフレスコとメドウズは国際講演を行った^[6]^[7]。2011年、『Zeitgeist: Moving Forward』が劇場公開され、YouTube での再生回数が2000万を超えた。2012年、プロジェクトの目標と提案を集約した映画『Paradise or Oblivion』が公開された。同年、フレスコとメドウズの働きを取り上げた『Future My Love』がエディンバラ国際映画祭で上映された。

フロリダ州ヴィーナスの21.5エーカーの土地にプロジェクトは拠点を置く。フレスコの設計した10軒の建築が並び、講義と見学が催されている^[8]^[9]。

信念、目標、提案

出典

^ Aims and Proposals The Venus Project. Retrieved: 31 March 2011
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^ Jacque Fresco (12 May 2010). The Great Depression (Digital Video). Venus, Florida: thevenusprojectmedia.
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Ynclan, Nery (July 18, 2002). “Engineer Builds A Foundation For Utopian Dream World”. Houston Chronicle (Houston): pp. 3
- ^a "Fresco says his interest in creating a dramatically different social order emerged from the heartaches of the Great Depression." – p. 3, col. 4, ¶ 5
- ^b-c "He uses the expertly crafted models made by Meadows to make movies he sells to high school teachers and university professors intrigued by his ideas. The tapes and books, and the models Meadows creates of commercial real estate projects, provide the couple income to keep their hope of finding a major backer for The Venus Project alive." – p. 3, col. 5, ¶ 3
- ^d "His more immediate goal is to find the funding to make a feature-length film of his techno-utopian lifestyle so his theories can reach a mass audience." – p. 3, col. 2, ¶ top
^ The Venus Project Inc., Florida Department of State Division of Corporations. Retrieved: 07 February 2011.
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Face of the Future (Digital Video). TV New Zealand. 2010. Retrieved: 23 March 2011
- "At 94, it's a future that Jacque will never see. But it won't stop him spending the next seven months traveling the globe promoting his vision. It's called the Venus Project and he says 50 million people around the world are now involved or aware of it." – 00:12-00:31
^ World Tour Lecture Dates Archived 2011年9月6日, at the Wayback Machine.
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Newman, Alex (10 March 2011). “Zeitgeist and the Venus Project”. The New American. 23 March 2011閲覧。
- ^a "The New American had an opportunity to spend the day with Fresco and his partner during the project's 28-country "World Tour" stop in Stockholm, Sweden." – ¶ 22
- ^b "Countless critics have drawn parallels between Fresco's vision and totalitarian systems that have wreaked havoc and death in the past such as communism, socialism, Marxism, and fascism. But Fresco rejects those comparisons." – ¶ 49
^ The Venus Project Tours

参考文献

Durrani, Noni. (2007). The Future: Jacque Fresco On The Future, Forbes
Gia Films. (2010). Frequency of Genius, Gia Film Productions
Gazecki, William. (2006) Future By Design, Docflix
Hoving, K. (2002). Engineering the Impossible, Discovery Channel
Joseph, Peter. (2008). Zeitgeist Addendum, Gentle Machine Productions
Joseph, Peter. (2011). Zeitgeist: Moving Forward, Gentle Machine Productions
Maja Borg, M. (2011). Future My Love, Sonja Henrici, SDI Productions Ltd.
Meadows, Roxanne (2012). Paradise or Oblivion, Future By Design / The Venus Project
Wachtmeister, J. (2007). Great Expectations: A Journey through the History of Visionary Architecture, Solaris Filmproduktion

[1] Aims and Proposals The Venus Project. Retrieved: 31 March 2011

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[3] Jacque Fresco (12 May 2010). The Great Depression (Digital Video). Venus, Florida: thevenusprojectmedia.

[Herald-4] Ynclan, Nery (July 18, 2002). “Engineer Builds A Foundation For Utopian Dream World”. Houston Chronicle (Houston): pp. 3
^a "Fresco says his interest in creating a dramatically different social order emerged from the heartaches of the Great Depression." – p. 3, col. 4, ¶ 5

^b-c "He uses the expertly crafted models made by Meadows to make movies he sells to high school teachers and university professors intrigued by his ideas. The tapes and books, and the models Meadows creates of commercial real estate projects, provide the couple income to keep their hope of finding a major backer for The Venus Project alive." – p. 3, col. 5, ¶ 3

^d "His more immediate goal is to find the funding to make a feature-length film of his techno-utopian lifestyle so his theories can reach a mass audience." – p. 3, col. 2, ¶ top

[5] "Fresco says his interest in creating a dramatically different social order emerged from the heartaches of the Great Depression." – p. 3, col. 4, ¶ 5

[6] -c "He uses the expertly crafted models made by Meadows to make movies he sells to high school teachers and university professors intrigued by his ideas. The tapes and books, and the models Meadows creates of commercial real estate projects, provide the couple income to keep their hope of finding a major backer for The Venus Project alive." – p. 3, col. 5, ¶ 3

[7] "His more immediate goal is to find the funding to make a feature-length film of his techno-utopian lifestyle so his theories can reach a mass audience." – p. 3, col. 2, ¶ top

[The_Venus_Project_Inc.-5] The Venus Project Inc., Florida Department of State Division of Corporations. Retrieved: 07 February 2011.

[6] Face of the Future (Digital Video). TV New Zealand. 2010. Retrieved: 23 March 2011
"At 94, it's a future that Jacque will never see. But it won't stop him spending the next seven months traveling the globe promoting his vision. It's called the Venus Project and he says 50 million people around the world are now involved or aware of it." – 00:12-00:31

[10] "At 94, it's a future that Jacque will never see. But it won't stop him spending the next seven months traveling the globe promoting his vision. It's called the Venus Project and he says 50 million people around the world are now involved or aware of it." – 00:12-00:31

[7] World Tour Lecture Dates Archived 2011年9月6日, at the Wayback Machine.

[New_American-8] Newman, Alex (10 March 2011). “Zeitgeist and the Venus Project”. The New American. 23 March 2011閲覧。
^a "The New American had an opportunity to spend the day with Fresco and his partner during the project's 28-country "World Tour" stop in Stockholm, Sweden." – ¶ 22

^b "Countless critics have drawn parallels between Fresco's vision and totalitarian systems that have wreaked havoc and death in the past such as communism, socialism, Marxism, and fascism. But Fresco rejects those comparisons." – ¶ 49

[13] "The New American had an opportunity to spend the day with Fresco and his partner during the project's 28-country "World Tour" stop in Stockholm, Sweden." – ¶ 22

[14] "Countless critics have drawn parallels between Fresco's vision and totalitarian systems that have wreaked havoc and death in the past such as communism, socialism, Marxism, and fascism. But Fresco rejects those comparisons." – ¶ 49

[9] The Venus Project Tours

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