New Town 2024 – photograph mounted on 16mm reboard
Members of the Free Cities Foundation (an anarcho-capitalist initiative)- Vera Kichanova has ties with the IEA, Titus Gebel is a private cities advocate, Patrik Schumacher is principal of London-based Zaha Hadid Architects. The Foundation hosts annual ‘Liberty in Our Lifetime’ conferences discussing the ‘complete decentralisation and privatisation of all aspects of architecture, planning, and development’ Free cities are commensurate with Special Economic Zones, there are 74 SEZs currently being installed in the UK, and 12 Freeports.