The Fabric of Civic Teleportation (engl.)

The immersive internet will only be as good as the communities that inhabit it, the spaces we build within it, and the platforms and servers in which we choose to run it. Does the internet as we know it need to be repaired before we fully immerse ourselves in it through spatial computing and media? How can we build resistance against the profit driven companies that now dominate the virtual environment and instead build civic spaces where people are put before capital? This lecture will present selected projects by Space Popular that address the future of spatial experience and how it is changing society.

Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg together lead Space Popular, an art and architecture studio that explores spatial media experiences and their impact on everyday life through research, design, and artworks. Commissioners and exhibitors include institutions such as MAK, Vienna; MAXXI, Rome; Sir John Soane Museum, London; ArkDes, Stockholm; and MMCA, Seoul. Lesmes and Hellberg are Visiting Professors at UCLA AUD in Los Angeles, and previously held academic positions at the Architectural Association in London, University of Toronto, and INDA Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok.