Research project, ECAL 2017
in PROJECTS / R&D RESEARCH PROJECTS (R&D)
Teacher(s): Patrick Keller, Christophe Guignard
Inhabiting and Interfacing the Cloud(s)
The design
research I&IC (Inhabiting and Interfacing the Cloud(s), explores the
creation of counter-proposals to the current expression of “Cloud Computing”,
particularly in its forms intended for private individuals and end users
(“Personal Cloud”).
I&IC is to offer an alternative point of view, a critical appraisal as well as an “access to tools” about this iconic infrastructure of our modernity and its user interfaces, because to date their implementation has followed a logic chiefly of technical development, mainly governed by corporate interests, and continues therefore to be paradoxically envisioned as a purely functional, centralized setup.
However, the Personal Cloud holds a potential that is largely untapped in terms of design, novel uses and territorial strategies. Through its cross-disciplinary approach that links interaction design, the architectural and territorial dimensions as well as ethnographic studies, our project aims at producing alternative models resulting from a more contemporary approach, notably factoring in the idea of creolization (theorized by E. Glissant).
Website: http://www.iiclouds.org/
Main
applicant
Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL)
Patrick Keller (professor, project leader)
Christophe Guignard
(professor)
Lucien
Langton (assistant)
Co-applicantHaute Ecole
d’Art et de Design - Genève (HEAD-GE)
Nicolas Nova (professor)
Charles Chalas (assistant)
Partners
ALICE (EPFL)
EPFL-ECAL
Lab
James Auger (Auger – Loizeau)
Dr. Christian Babski (fabric | ch)
Matthew Plummer-Fernandez (#algopop)
Period
From September 2014 to July 2017
Funded by the HES-SO (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland)
©ECAL/Daniela Droz & Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
©ECAL/Daniela Droz & Tonatiuh Ambrosetti
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