2024-12-22T00:05:57-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150155283/strelka-announces-the-terraforming-a-research-program-headed-by-benjamin-bratton Antonio Pacheco 2019-08-27T17:45:00-04:00 >2019-08-29T12:54:21-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/bb/bb0ada6ab7c522492d4f4ef0082d3f71.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The Moscow-based Strelka Institute has announced a new research program geared toward exploring the issues of planetary urbanism, global energy infrastructure, &ldquo;geotechnology,&rdquo; and speculative design, among other topics.&nbsp;</p> <p>Directed by professor and theorist Benjamin Bratton, the three-year program will be tuition-free and will explore the topics above as part of a multi-disciplinary effort involving both Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.&nbsp;</p> <p>The initiative,&nbsp;<em>The Terraforming</em>, seeks to approach the future inhabitation of planet Earth a literal world-building exercise. A <a href="https://strelkamag.com/en/article/the-terraforming-strelka-announces-new-research-program" target="_blank">website</a> announcing the program explains: "The term 'terraforming' usually refers to transforming the ecosystems of other planets or moons to make them capable of supporting Earth-like life. However, the looming ecological consequences of human activities suggest that in the decades to come we might need to terraform our own planet if it is to remain a viable host for Earth-like life."</p> <p>A focu...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/149934395/truth-is-not-a-superfluous-thing Nam Henderson 2016-03-14T00:42:00-04:00 >2016-03-14T00:42:30-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9h/9hee3f6sdb4e6621.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Mostly it is about how propaganda multiplies within that upload/download architecture; an architecture in which both fact and fiction can exist side by side and even overlap</p></em><br /><br /><p>Billie Muraben investigates '<a href="http://sprawl.space/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>The Sprawl</em></a>',&nbsp;a multi-channel video installation, by design studio Metahaven.</p>