COMMON CLOUDS:
DATA CENTERS AND THE FUTURES OF PUBLIC SPACE
Image> Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery]. Ring-Center 1, Berlin. June 2-6, 2023. l Co-opt[(t)-ed], Connor Yocum , Muwen (Wen) He.
Image> Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery] ; Ring Center-1, Symposium.
From Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space,
"In human–computer interaction and user interface design, cut, copy, and paste are related commands that offer an interprocess communication technique for transferring data through a computer’s user interface. The cut command removes the selected data from its original position, while the copy command creates a duplicate; in both cases the selected data is kept in temporary storage (the clipboard). The data from the clipboard is later inserted wherever a paste command is issued. The data remains available to any application supporting the feature, thus allowing easy data transfer between applications"
Jesse LeCavalier
Data infrastructure – including data centers, mesh networks, and energy systems – are shaping the way we live together now and in the future. The work displayed here is by students from the Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning from design research studios organized by Jesse LeCavalier. Conceived around provocations related to typological speculations and collective futures, the work of these studios explores a range of formal, spatial, and social conditions that might arise through critical engagement of data infrastructure.
Exhibition and Symposium Direction:
Curational Team:
Jesse LeCavalier
Eduardo Cilleruelo Terán
Laura Helena Wurth
Venue:
FKA Six Berlin
Laura Helena Wurth
Ring Center-1, Frankfurter Allee 111, Berlin
Book Graphics:
Willis Kingery, printed at Linco, Long Island City, NYC
Funded and Supported:
Cornell University AAP
Symposium Participants:
Negar Sanaan
Bensi Rainer Hehl
Tung-hui Hu
Niklas Maak
Victor Munoz
Patricia Reed
Eric Roth
Authors:o
Adhish Parkar
Angela Fernandes
Cedric Lalanne
Connor Yocum
Eastwood Liu,
Eduardo Cilleruelo Terán
Gabi Castro
Haoyuan Wang
Hyun Jun Cho
Jiaru Fang
Jiaxuan Tang
Kyrie Graham
Kingston Wei
Lily Jantarachota
Mingfeng Jiang
Muwen He
Ohjin Jo
Sampriti Sheth
Samuel Castaneda
Shengkun Yang
Shihui Xie
Sophia Chen
Thakan Navapakpilai
Xunru Huang
Yixiao Chen
Yuan Li
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Dates:
May 31st-June 5th 2023
The Ring Center is an obsolescing shopping center currently being transitioned to a coworking space. As it is integrated with the commuter rail system and provides everyday uses like supermarkets, it remains and actively used sites and attracts a steady stream of visitors. Hosting a day-long sysmposium in a shopping center was itself a form of research. Participants included architects, artists, scholars, and writers.
[Jesse LeCavalier, October, 2023]
Symposium talks:
Image> Sink or Swim, AAP, 2022. Documented by Eduardo Teran.
Image> Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery]. Ring-Center 1, Berlin. June 2-6. Proposal rendering. Jesse LeCavalier, Eduardo Cilleruelo Terán.
Image>Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery]. Ring-Center 1, Berlin. June 2-6.
Image> Sink or Swim, AAP, 2022. Documented by Eduardo Teran.
Image>Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery] ; Ring Center-1, Symposium.
The symposium opened the frontline on data management to the public, highlighting the wide range of addresses and scopes portraying the potential of technology.
Image> Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery] Symposium, Niklas Maak
Thinking our data through humanities allows to foster a social-contemporary response to the question of how information processing may become an opportunity to shape new architectures and spaces.
The exhibition allows for relocation and reorganization in order to set up the appropiate layout for the Symposium. Guests were able to interact with the racks, making the FKA SIX a live customizable area. The series of movements provide an opportunity to pop the panelboards out of the venue, inviting visitors and publics to participate in the event.
Image> Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery] Symposium
Image> Common Clouds: Data Centers and the Futures of Public Space (2023) [FKA SIX Gallery] Catalog Publication.