precis | STORYLINE Carla introduced the studio with the following: “The studio engages the temporary and permanent characters of event spaces – different scales of structures which envelope and modulate events properties in space and time. Larger venues such as the Olympics and World Cup (Soccer) are usually conceptualized as a project of revitalization of a particular nation or region. The competitiveness of nations, cities and regions to host one of these larger events intersects ambitions of cultural expression and visibility, and strategic interests regarding the acquisition and mobilization of funds and labor that can be a new trigger for economic growth. Hosting these larger venues, specially in urban areas, often involves projects towards the revitalization of historic areas and transit systems, the construction of new infrastructure, and new axis of development for the existing urban or structuring fabrics and bodies.
directions and scalar difference through which texture and rhythms can newly be sown. On the other hand, that timeline often needs a re-appropriation project designed to cope with missed expectations and actualizations of the first.”
The common economic engine claims are appealing for their implied longterm vision of development which includes the creation of new jobs and the discussion and incorporation of short and medium term development goals within the envelope of feasibility based on a specific event deadline. However, the prejudices of the ‘big-circus-comes-to-town’ are now well known: while the anticipation engine is fast in mobilizing resources and exceptions for structures to be ready and open on time, the disaggregated timeline that follows after the event is past, is filled with apprehensions regarding the maintenance of the built overall apparatus.
In identifying an event from which to model the rest of FP1 around I chose to interpret the social and spatial aspects of the county or state fair. These events are accurate exhibitions of cultural relics while existing in a slightly smaller scale event than the World Expo. The fair has the ability, however, to disassemble and reassemble in any context as it is made up of an aggregate of programmatic booths thus making it customizable and non-obtrusive to its context. Freedom and chosen-limitation in the attendants’ motion was also contrasted through this exploration. The nuanced aspects of cultural display are in direct relation to this informality and user-choice.
Some anxieties relate to the social instabilities of sudden unemployment of a not that transient migrant labor force. As well, expectations of tourist revenues not always actualize in the way expected, and there is often a need for an advertisement machine to keep the influx rate of incoming tourism that validate investments. The lacking intersection between private investment and profit and the national debts incurred to actualize events in time, evidences a hidden timeline that will necessary expose itself in the most fragile global moments.
Following this very small scale example I was led into the global analysis of human motion and cultural representation. Through some segue research on globalization I was led into analyzing the migrant population’s social conditions. The most remarkable of which is occurring out of The Philippines. This research brought me back into analyzing informal aggregational spaces of the slum housing condition while remaining focused around social freedom and exhibition.
The new waving historic timeline inserted in regions by large scale events, impacts urban fabrics through the proposed opportunity for transformation and reconfiguring of other timelines, giving them new 2
In response to this prompt, I began to explore through a general research push the “post-event conditions” of the Olympic games and World Expos. Through this research I found my interests laid in social consequences rather than quantifiable data in relation to these events. I zoomed in on Beijing and Shanghai as they’ve held large-scale versions of each event and it can be assumed that this must have impacted the local population. An influx/outflux relationship between displaced locals and the incoming migrant workforce outlined a relationship of movement I found particularly interesting through this research.
The transition into design involved many hurdles, but focused on how to create intimacy and community within remote interactions but also localized ones. This project is always focusing on two scales: the global and the local.
DIASPORIC NETWORKS JENNI WILGA 2012
PRECIS
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PROJECT STATEMENT
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INFRASTRUCTURAL SOCIAL SHIFTS Beijing Olympics
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LOCAL MOVEMENT IN SMALL-SCALE EVENTS The Fair
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DIASPORA + GLOBAL EXCHANGES Appadurai on Motion
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SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES OF DIASPORA The Philippines
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AGGREGATION IN DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES Informality
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SOCIAL SPATIAL SOLU TIONS Societal Case Studies
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SPATIALIZING THE ARCHIVE Immediate Informational Feedback
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DISASSEMBLY AND LOCATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS Project Timeline
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PERSPECTIVE-BASED INTERACTION Deployment
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IMAGE CREDITS
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WORKS CITED
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Studio Critic: Carla Leitao Committee Member: Anthony Titus Final Project : Cloud Disassembly
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project statement This project centers around the perpetual motion of humanity at the extremely localized and global scales. Through the study of factors of globalization, and in contrast very specific social scenarios, the challenge of what constitutes an informal social space came into question. The question of the limitations of the designer in their control of the user-experience in contrast with how the individual perceives themselves within a space were carried through this project. The context engaged in studies in this thesis concerns people more than it does place. It engages how to create a space which does not have a signifying place associated with it, and which may simultaneously be better suited to allow individuals to become more aware - in it - of their cultural context in a global society. The objective is to add a social infrastructure which alters the individual’s perception of the city spatially, visually, informationally and socially requires a variety of infrastructural changes. The way I’ve chosen to address this is through the use of an ‘augmented reality’ which grants the user access to this world perception. This creates an invisible infrastructure which is built directly upon and within the city. To access information, one must be in the place that it occurred. The importance of local place in a globalized society is therefore restored. Spatially, this informational archive manifests itself as a sort of ‘digital fog’ which can be carved through by the motion of people within the city. However, as a fog or mist, these areas can slowly fill back in as information is acquired. There is also a focus on information density represented by this fog density. These densities can guide a person and provide information on the persons surrounding them. One can choose to add to the fog or merely ignore it. The interface through which one experiences this space is at the scale of the body. This device changes the perception of spatialization and information overlaid upon what the user is viewing in real-time. This creates a feedback loop of constant informational exchange between the city and its inhabitants.
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acknowledgements
To all of those who have impacted my perception of the world, be it through introducing me to art, literature or relation in simple conversation. This work, along with all of my previous works would not have been the same or possible without each one of you. A special thanks goes to all who have pushed me through my paralyzing over-analysis over the years. I would truly be no where, and stuck in my head, without you.
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Infrastructural Social Shifts [beijing olympics]
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Local Movement in Small-Scale Events [the fair]
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Diaspora + Global Exchanges [appadurai on motion]
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Social Consequences of Diaspora [the philippines]
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Aggregation in Diasporic Communities [informality]
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SOCIAL SPATIAL SOLUTIONS [societal case studies]
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spatializing the Digital archive [immediate informational feedback]
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Disassembly // Locational Relationships [timeline]
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perspective-based interaction [deployment // solution]
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cited images Cover Image: Arthur Siegel, ‘Right of Assembly’ INFRASTRUCTURAL SOCIAL SHIFTS
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-- flashearth.com : Beijing -- http://www.reuters.com/resources/r/?m=02&d=20101228&t=2&i=288669167&w=460&fh=&fw=&ll= &pl=&r=2010-12-28T081816Z_01_BTRE6BR0N2O00_RTROPTP_0_CHINA-PROPERTY-PRICE -- An original vector diagram of Beijing Displacement. -- Jenni Wilga -- http://archipaedia.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/nail3 jpg?w=740&h=354 -- http://chinadigitaltimes.net/wp-content/uploads/mt-old/_society_2007-03_22_ xinsrc_4720304220745125190417 jpg -- http://archipaedia.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/nail3 jpg?w=740&h=354 -- http://i.huffpost.com/gen/242744/thumbs/r-BEIJING-SKYLINE-large570 jpg -- http://www.heatherwick.com/uk-pavilion/ -- Sue Anne Tay, www.foreignpolicy.com -- en.expo2010.cn -- A diagrammatic chart created by classmate Alex Klafehn
LOCAL MOVEMENT
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unknown author, 1950, Nebraska. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nebraska_State_Fair_rides,_1950.jpg An original vector diagram layed over an image of flashearth.com -- Jenni Wilga + flashearth.com Kurt Hutton ‘Two At The Fair’, England, 1938 An original vector diagram layed over an image of flashearth.com -- Jenni Wilga + flashearth.com An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga unknown author, The National Fairground Archive. www.nfa.dept.shef ac.uk/ An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga National Geographic, 1978 An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga Associated Press photo rights. Coney Island, June 30, 1953. Alexey Titarenko Alexey Titarenko An original vector diagram comprised of images overlayed of a video from ‘stockphoto.com’ -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram comprised of images overlayed of a video from ‘stockphoto.com’ -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram comprised of images overlayed of a video from ‘stockphoto.com’ -- Jenni Wilga
DIASPORA + GLOBAL
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-- Keystone/Getty Images: Coney Island, September 8, 1946 -- An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga -- http://chrisharrison.net/projects/InternetMap/medium/NorthAmericaBlack.jpg -- A series of original vector diagrams -- Jenni Wilga
SOCIAL CONSEQUENCES
42.1 -- www.public.asu.edu 42.2 -- http://www.nationalityforall.org/children-in-sabah-malaysia 42.3 -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLZEhuvhTn4 43.1 -- A series of original vector diagrams -- Jenni Wilga 44.1 -- http://article.wn.com 44.2 -- http://www.nationalityforall.org/children-in-sabah-malaysia 44.3 -- http://www.nationalityforall.org/children-in-sabah-malaysia 45.1 -- “Discovering the Rest of the World,” Parents’ Magazine, December 1961. Special Collections, University of Arkansas. 46.1 -- http://www.nationalityforall.org/children-in-sabah-malaysia 47.1 -- http://www.nationalityforall.org/children-in-sabah-malaysia
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47 2 -- Marisa González on deconcrete.org AGGREGATION
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An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga http://www.jlgis.cuhk.edu.hk http://www.marymotherofthepoor.org/build.shtml An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga Mark Doyle, 2009 flashearth.com flashearth.com Photoshopped series of flashearth.com and google.com/maps comparison Mio Cade, 2010 http://www.jlgis.cuhk.edu.hk An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga http://backontheboat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/P1020406-1-800x450 jpg http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbjfymSZOs1qz7bc6o1_500 jpg http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Environment/Pix/columnists/2010/11/10/1289409586845/MDGMigrant-workers-Filip-006.jpg 57.4 -- http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lbjfymSZOs1qz7bc6o1_500 jpg SOCIAL SPATIAL SOLUTIONS
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Cai Hanwei Leonard, 2010. Cai Hanwei Leonard, 2010. Cai Hanwei Leonard, 2010. Cai Hanwei Leonard, 2010. Cai Hanwei Leonard, 2010. http://www.elcroquis.es, 1977 ekain jiménez valencia, 2008 drawing by Alvaro Siza drawing by Alvaro Siza An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga www.smm.org/catal/ www.smm.org/catal/ http://designmuseum.org/design/cedric-price http://designmuseum.org/design/cedric-pric
SPATIALIZING THE ARCHIVE
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An original vector diagram of archival process -- Jenni Wilga http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/LE_TUNNEL_SOUS_L’ATLANTIQUE_(2) jpg http://www.immersence.com/osmose/images/Osm_Tree_Pond_400 jpg http://www.immersence.com/osmose/images/Osm_Subt_Earth_400 jpg http://www.immersence.com/ephemere/images/Eph_Forest_Stream_400 jpg Graham Dover, 2008. http://www.deconcrete.org/2011/01/31/inmate-thriller/ Series of Screenshots from Benayoun video [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2Ti6nB9mg An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga Screenshot from Benayoun video [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2Ti6nB9mg Screenshot from Benayoun video [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2Ti6nB9mg An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga
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cited images [continued] 80.2 81.1 82.1 83.3 84.1 85.1 85.2 86.1 87.1
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Screenshot from Benayoun video [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2Ti6nB9mg An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga Screenshot from Benayoun video [link]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ2Ti6nB9mg An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga A photograph of a sketch model taken by Jenni Wilga, 2012. An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga
DISASSEMBLY
90.1 -- An original vector diagram layed over an image of flashearth.com -- Jenni Wilga + flashearth.com 92.1 -- An original vector diagram overlayed on an image by -- Jenni Wilga 92.1 -- An original vector diagram overlayed on an image by -- Jenni Wilga 93.1 -- An original vector diagram overlayed on an image by -- Jenni Wilga 93.2 -- An original vector diagram overlayed on an image by -- Jenni Wilga 94.1 -- An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga 95.1 -- Carlo Franco, 2012. 95.2 -- stockphoto.com 95.3 -- Roald Andersen 96.1 -- An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga 98.1 -- An original vector diagram layed over an image of flashearth.com -- Jenni Wilga + flashearth.com 10.1-- An original vector diagram -- Jenni Wilga DEPLOYMENT
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An original diagram layed over an original photo collage -- Jenni Wilga An original diagram layed over an original photo collage -- Jenni Wilga A vector collage by Jenni Wilga with images belonging to Malaya Hau An original vector diagram/photocollage over an image by -- Jenni Wilga An original vector diagram/photocollage over an image by -- Jenni Wilga A vector collage by Jenni Wilga with images belonging to Roald Andersen An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google An original vector diagram/photo collage over an image from Goolge Street View, 2012 -- Jenni Wilga + Google
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