The futuristic wonder that now sums up Venezuela's spiral into despair
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Editor's note: Celeste Olalquiaga is a cultural historian with a PhD from Columbia University and the author of "Megalopolis" (1992) and "The Artificial Kingdom" (1998). In 2013, she founded Proyecto Helicoide to draw attention to the modern ruin of El Helicoide, in Caracas, Venezuela, a project that has produced exhibitions and fueled "Downward Spiral: El Helicoide's Descent from Mall to Prison" (2018). The views expressed in this article are her own.