Margherita Fontana

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Post doctoral researcher at the Department of Philosophy "Piero Martinetti"
AN-ICON ERC Advanced Grant, Department of Philosophy "Piero Martinetti, University of Milan

Margherita Fontana


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RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Philosophy, Arts and Humanities, Visual Arts and Performing Arts, Multidisciplinary
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Scopus Publications

9

Scholar Citations

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Scopus Publications

  • Virtual Domes. Utopian architecture at the dawn of Virtual Reality*
    Margherita Fontana
    Aisthesis Italy, 2023
    This paper examines the theoretical and practical aspects of geodesic dome architecture in North America as part of an aesthetic of virtualization. Geodesic domes can be conceived of as virtual environments designed as alternatives to the contemporary world and its internal crises. They were originally a tool of the American counterculture of the 1960s to search for futuristic housing solutions which responded to ecological concerns. The contribution traces some of the most important phases of dome architecture, which crossed paths with the emerging technoculture linked to the rise of virtual reality. Indeed, the idea of the dome as a means of imagining new virtual environments, as was the case of Biosphere 2, intersects with the career of VR pioneer Jaron Lanier. Today, virtual reality technologies have merged geodesic architecture with visualization devices, as happens in the case of “virtual domes”, offering a unique way to experience virtual reality and connect with others in a shared environment.
  • Reframing Second-Wave Feminism Through Fashion Industry and Augmented Reality Recent Trends in Judy Chicago’s Work
    Margherita Fontana
    Journal for the Philosophy of Language Mind and the Arts, 2023
    This article discusses the artistic approach of feminist artist Judy Chicago and her recent practice of re-enactment as a form of reframing. Reframing was a key methodological feature of American feminist art in the 1970s, aimed at repositioning women’s bodies and agency beyond patriarchal constraints. Chicago revolutionised minimalist aesthetics, domestic spaces and monumentality through a new understanding of women’s experience. Her most recent work includes partnerships with the fashion industry to create The Fertile Goddess setting for Maria Grazia Chiuri’s Dior and her first augmented reality installation, Rainbow AR, which continues the feminist rewriting process by exploring its possibilities and limitations in critical engagement with liberal feminism and progressive neoliberalism.

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • “Primitive” to whom? And for whom? Fictional similarities and the politics of pseudomorphism
    M Fontana
    Aesthetica Preprint, 85-100 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Bolle di atmosfera: L’immaginario filmico della cupola geodetica
    M Fontana
    FATA MORGANA 18 (56), 85-100 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Sistemi
    M Fontana
    L'opera che non c'è: Arte e progetti non realizzati tra XX e XXI secolo, 95-108 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Digital Heterotopias in the Metaverse: The (g) Ender Gallery by Cat Haines
    M Fontana
    AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images [ISSN 2785-7433] 2 (II) , 2023
    2023.0
  • Virtual Domes. Utopian architecture at the dawn of Virtual Reality
    M Fontana
    Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico 16 (1), 95-103 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 4
  • A proposal for a bunker aesthetics from Paul Virilio’s archaeology to virtual architecture
    M Fontana
    Imagin (g) Heritage, 162-169 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 1
  • Metaphorical Metaverses. The Case of Bunker Architecture
    M Fontana
    img journal, 194-215 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Exploring an-icons, between media archaeology, cultural history, memory studies and contemporary applications
    I Ampollini, F Bandi, F Cavaletti, P Conte, M Fontana, G Grossi, A Pinotti, ...
    img journal 9, 40-73 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 1
  • Non c'è nessun software
    M Fontana
    SAGGI 152, 11-25 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Reframing Second-Wave Feminism Through Fashion Industry and Augmented Reality. Recent Trends in Judy Chicago’s Work
    M Fontana
    JOLMA 4 (1), 29-43 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Una questione di pulizia: Il lavoro di riproduzione sociale tra arte contemporanea e nuovi media
    M Fontana
    BIBLIOTECA. ESTETICA E CULTURE VISUALI 54, 37-45 , 2023
    2023.0
  • From cave to CAVE: Immersive environments in the paleocybernetic age
    M Fontana, A Pinotti
    Art before Art: L’uomo cosciente e l’arte delle origini: con e dopo Carlo … , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 3
  • THE CASE OF BUNKER ARCHITECTURE
    M Fontana

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Virtual Domes. Utopian architecture at the dawn of Virtual Reality
    M Fontana
    Aisthesis. Pratiche, linguaggi e saperi dell’estetico 16 (1), 95-103 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 4
  • From cave to CAVE: Immersive environments in the paleocybernetic age
    M Fontana, A Pinotti
    Art before Art: L’uomo cosciente e l’arte delle origini: con e dopo Carlo … , 2022
    2022.0
    Citations: 3
  • A proposal for a bunker aesthetics from Paul Virilio’s archaeology to virtual architecture
    M Fontana
    Imagin (g) Heritage, 162-169 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 1
  • Exploring an-icons, between media archaeology, cultural history, memory studies and contemporary applications
    I Ampollini, F Bandi, F Cavaletti, P Conte, M Fontana, G Grossi, A Pinotti, ...
    img journal 9, 40-73 , 2023
    2023.0
    Citations: 1
  • “Primitive” to whom? And for whom? Fictional similarities and the politics of pseudomorphism
    M Fontana
    Aesthetica Preprint, 85-100 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Bolle di atmosfera: L’immaginario filmico della cupola geodetica
    M Fontana
    FATA MORGANA 18 (56), 85-100 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Sistemi
    M Fontana
    L'opera che non c'è: Arte e progetti non realizzati tra XX e XXI secolo, 95-108 , 2025
    2025.0
  • Digital Heterotopias in the Metaverse: The (g) Ender Gallery by Cat Haines
    M Fontana
    AN-ICON. Studies in Environmental Images [ISSN 2785-7433] 2 (II) , 2023
    2023.0
  • Metaphorical Metaverses. The Case of Bunker Architecture
    M Fontana
    img journal, 194-215 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Non c'è nessun software
    M Fontana
    SAGGI 152, 11-25 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Reframing Second-Wave Feminism Through Fashion Industry and Augmented Reality. Recent Trends in Judy Chicago’s Work
    M Fontana
    JOLMA 4 (1), 29-43 , 2023
    2023.0
  • Una questione di pulizia: Il lavoro di riproduzione sociale tra arte contemporanea e nuovi media
    M Fontana
    BIBLIOTECA. ESTETICA E CULTURE VISUALI 54, 37-45 , 2023
    2023.0
  • THE CASE OF BUNKER ARCHITECTURE
    M Fontana