The main hypothesis is twofold: firstly, I argue that the modern idea of a utopian city conceives the city from the perspective of the rational organization of the use value of labour; secondly, I suggest that the rise of post-industrial capitalism challenges this idea of the utopian city and the use value of labour is replaced by what Negri and Hardt called the nonplace of exploitation. In this new social context, the eternal present of capital's self-valorisation makes it impossible to imagine a utopian future based on the use value of labour. This twofold hypothesis will be illustrated through the analysis of Harun Farocki's video installation Counter-Music.