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//Pulvis et umbra sumus. We are but dust and shadow. –Horace// | //Pulvis et umbra sumus. We are but dust and shadow. –Horace// |
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Dust and shadow is FoAM's contribution to a transdisciplinary research and residency programme at the ASU (Arizona State University), exploring environmental issues specific to the desert of the North-American Southwest. We combine philosophical inquiry with speculative design and action research to explore divergent approaches to desertification (both ecological and cultural), zombie-utopias, panpsychism, beyond-human relationships and probabilistic future preparedness. | Dust and Shadow is FoAM's contribution to a transdisciplinary research and residency programme at the ASU (Arizona State University) focused on environmental issues specific to the North-American Southwest. We combine philosophical inquiry with experiential futures and technological arts to explore existing and potential relationships between people and the desert. We start from a hypothesis that in order to mitigate the effects of climate change (and other environmental uncertainties) fundamental lifestyle adaptations are needed. We investigate and re-imagine myths and archetypes underlying contemporary lifestyles and worldviews. By addressing the mythical and emotional dimension of contemporary life in the desert, we design artistic experiments as propositions for re-attunement of urban experiences and desert ecosystems. |
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In collaboration with The Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), Laboratory of Critical Technics (LCT) and the Synthesis Lab of the Arizona State University (ASU). | In collaboration with The Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS), Laboratory of Critical Technics (LCT) and the Synthesis Lab of the Arizona State University (ASU). |
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* fragments https://d-u-s-t-and-shadow.tumblr.com | * fragments https://d-u-s-t-and-shadow.tumblr.com |
* photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157681429258454 | * photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157681429258454 |
* FoAM activity page: https://fo.am/dust-and-shadow/ | * FoAM activity page: https://fo.am/dust-and-shadow/ |
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==== Field trips ==== | |
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* [[dust and shadow/fieldtrip 1]] / FieldNotes #1: https://medium.com/@foam/dust-and-shadow-field-notes-1-48e94d02540b | |
* [[dust and shadow/fieldtrip 2]] | |
* fieldtrip 3 planned for March 2018 | |
* fieldript 4 planned for spring 2019 | |
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==== timecycles ==== | ==== timecycles ==== |
How all of this might unfold (TBC and subject to change without notice) | How all of this might unfold (TBC and subject to change without notice) |
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* Spring 2017 (may/june): fieldtrip, observations, questions, travelogue, etc. \\ | * Spring 2017 (may/june): [[fieldtrip 1]], observations, questions, [[https://medium.com/@foam/dust-and-shadow-field-notes-1-48e94d02540b|travelogue]], etc. \\ |
* Summer 2017 (july/august): articulating research questions, literature research, mapping, etc.\\ | * Summer 2017 (july/august): articulating research [[concepts|questions]], [[resonances|literature]] research, mapping, etc.\\ |
* Fall 2017 (november/december): FoAM presentation/talk at LCT, experimental workshop, formulating hypotheses/propositions for experiments\\ | * Fall 2017 (november/december): [[fieldtrip 2]], FoAM presentation/talk at LCT & Synthesis, experimental workshop, formulating [[propositions]] for experiments, planning [[publications]]\\ |
* Spring 2018: prototyping and experiments (first iteration): thalient lab, audio walk, commonplace booklet / d&s fieldguide\\ | * Spring 2018: prototyping and experiments (first iteration): thalient lab, [[https://fo.am/dust-and-shadow-walk/|D&S walk]], [[reader 1]], equinox eve prototype, editorial design for the book\\ |
* Spring 2019: Second action research cycle ending in a public experiment, printed publication\\ | * Summer & Fall 2018: design seasonal feast, reader 2 and book |
| * Spring 2019: Public experiment (seasonal feast?) & book launch\\ |
* + continuous online documentation\\ | * + continuous online documentation\\ |
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====publication(s)==== | |
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* in progress -> [[dust_and_shadow/reader_1]] | |
* book and booklets as a [[propositions#book|proposition]] | |
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We no longer have roots, we have aerials. We no longer have origins, we have terminals. –McKenzie Wark | |
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