We would like to thank everyone that attended the launch of Jose Sanchez's book, The Blindspot Initiative. During the packed-house event Jose spoke about the intention of the book and was followed by Behnaz Farahi, Biayna Bogosian of Somewhere Something and Casey Rehm of Kinch. 

Published by Evolo, The Blindspot Initiative contains a forward by generative software designer Casey Reas and texts by Jose Sanchez, David Gerber, Jenny Wu, Kate Davies and Mostafa Elsayed. 

Purchase The Blindspot Initiative at Archinect Outpost

The event was also unique in that it was the first virtual reality demonstration set up at Archinect Outpost. On the virtual reality device set up in the top space, Sanchez presented Block'hood, a city building simulator video game that focuses on ideas of ecology, interdependence and decay. The game invited players to envision a neighborhood, by building structures out of a catalog of 200+ blocks. 

Over the course of the next few months we will be hosting more events of various scheduling with notable artists and architects - our next one is March 6th, to celebrate The Architecture of Closed Worlds, the newest book by Lydia Kallipoliti. We hope to see you there!

Bonus, listen to Jose Sanchez on our podcast, Archinect Sessions...