Cyborg Landscapes
Academic Research | Studio Project
TypeSergio Lopez Pineiro
AdvisorEast Boston, Ma, USA
Location2022
Year The virtualization of politics through online platforms has emptied public spaces from their civil significance. Simultaneously the rise of social media as the primary space of contemporary political rituals menaces democracy through polarization, distrust, absence of accountability, and lack of mediated discussions.
Through the design of cyborg landscapes - hybrid organisms of entangled hardware, software, humans, and non-human systems- the project aims to reintroduce political rituals in the near future city’s urban spaces. By reestablishing trust, accountability, and mediation through these landscapes, the project proposes a framework to recover the political agency of public space while suggesting a bridge between the virtual and physical realms.
Through the design of cyborg landscapes - hybrid organisms of entangled hardware, software, humans, and non-human systems- the project aims to reintroduce political rituals in the near future city’s urban spaces. By reestablishing trust, accountability, and mediation through these landscapes, the project proposes a framework to recover the political agency of public space while suggesting a bridge between the virtual and physical realms.
