Storm Front

Storm Front from Xárene on Vimeo.

This rhizomatic model is a concept of identity for Other Earth. The rhizome is a term referring to non-hierarchical systems, here becoming the foundation for Other Earth society. Any inhabitant of Other Earth is a continually dismantling organism, a body without organs, connecting with other nomadic inhabitants, creating temporary social networks at any point in space.

Just as any one citizen of Other Earth is a point for leadership, self-sufficiency, discovery and sustenance of limitless, accessible knowledge (possible from achieving Singularity), any one space of Other Earth carries equal possibility of becoming a significant space to host the organisms. Using the terms of Madeline Gins and Arakawa, Other Earth is an "Architectural Surround" where the sky is the ceiling and the broken blades of grass the ephemeral border we create with our bodies. Though the Architectural Surround pre-exists us, in our understanding, our world only comes into existence when we notice it.

Wed, Apr 9, 2008  Permanent link
Categories: other_earth, architecture