village global
by: simone chait
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The concept of living forever online has never been more possible. However, with the inevitability of the Metaverse, NFTs, AR and VR, we need to ask ourselves; has the pendulum swung too far?
The lack of tangible or visible infrastructures for technology allows for an ignorance towards the negative effects of digital progression.
How can we put data on display, literally, turn the traditional data centre inside out? Allow the ever changing and adapting transferal of data to become an immersive and interdisciplinary experience for communities.
This project interrogates the ethical implications of living online, through a proposed 5-point manifesto that explores the ‘data city’:
The city /ˈsɪti/
Data centers are not a thing in isolation but interwoven in the functions of a city.
The cloud /klaʊd/
Gaming and the metaverse are encouraged to be consumed as part of a community, and in the physical realm.
The transfer /transˈfə
Transferals of data through the city are physical, visual, and immersive.
The home /həʊm/
Each person is held accountable for the data they use.
The ark (ARCHAIC) /ɑːk/
Data racks are designed to be environmentally efficient and easily transportable
This project looks optimistically forward toward atopian potentials that challenge the dichotomy between real and virtual.
Much like in the biblical flood of Noah’s Ark, we look toward a new landscape, cleansed, and rebirthed from the malicious, antisocial, and consumerist patterns of online behaviours.
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