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Jowin Foo

Just For (X) Architecture

https://www.jfxa.co

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Just For (X) Architecture is a spatial research agency that focuses on the intersection of tech, politics and spatial. Jowin Foo represents Just For (X) Architecture. He is an alumni of The Bartlett School of Architecture and Interactive Architecture Lab. His research agendas encompassed within the scope of platform capitalism(big tech), cognitive and media architecture, and design fiction. He hopes to broaden the architecture agenda, design pedagogy, and policymaking in the future.

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SupermArt 1.0


A speculative project on supermarkets and its relational supply chains as caretakers of the art + humanities industries.

SupermArt 1.0


A speculative project on supermarkets and its relational supply chains as caretakers of the art + humanities industries.
A speculative project on supermarkets and its relational supply chains as caretakers of the art + humanities industries.
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Type of project
  • Systemic changes

The art and culture scenes as an industry that heavily relied on events became crippled all over the globe shortly after the lockdown act was enforced by governments to curb the pandemic. Supermarkets and its relational supply chains were thriving amidst the crisis when the art workers had to upload their works to the incentive-less social media platforms to survive. This situation posed two realities defined by two conditions. One that is judged by the statecraft and another is its resiliency to survive in a crisis that is coupled with the complexities of the market economy. The failure of the arts now was resulted by an ageing system that needed to be revised so that it could ensure all art workers can sustain. On the other hand, the crisis has revealed that supermarkets and its network of supply chains still play an essential role as part of societal caretakers. This project seeks to rethink their roles as the partner caretakers for the arts and humanities.


Should we reimagine the supermarkets as an infrastructure for arts and humanities?

In another ideal world, the multinational supply chains could be partnering with art institutions to provide a multichannel canvas for the art workers.

The essentiality of arts as our part of the daily lives and the statecrafts could only be achieve via both bottom up and top down integration.

SupermArt 1.0


A speculative project on supermarkets and its relational supply chains as caretakers of the art + humanities industries.

SupermArt 1.0


A speculative project on supermarkets and its relational supply chains as caretakers of the art + humanities industries.
A speculative project on supermarkets and its relational supply chains as caretakers of the art + humanities industries.
File under
Type of project
  • Systemic changes

The art and culture scenes as an industry that heavily relied on events became crippled all over the globe shortly after the lockdown act was enforced by governments to curb the pandemic. Supermarkets and its relational supply chains were thriving amidst the crisis when the art workers had to upload their works to the incentive-less social media platforms to survive. This situation posed two realities defined by two conditions. One that is judged by the statecraft and another is its resiliency to survive in a crisis that is coupled with the complexities of the market economy. The failure of the arts now was resulted by an ageing system that needed to be revised so that it could ensure all art workers can sustain. On the other hand, the crisis has revealed that supermarkets and its network of supply chains still play an essential role as part of societal caretakers. This project seeks to rethink their roles as the partner caretakers for the arts and humanities.


Should we reimagine the supermarkets as an infrastructure for arts and humanities?

In another ideal world, the multinational supply chains could be partnering with art institutions to provide a multichannel canvas for the art workers.

The essentiality of arts as our part of the daily lives and the statecrafts could only be achieve via both bottom up and top down integration.


Idea by

Jowin Foo
Just For (X) Architecture
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Just For (X) Architecture is a spatial research agency that focuses on the intersection of tech, politics and spatial. Jowin Foo represents Just For (X) Architecture. He is an alumni of The Bartlett School of Architecture and Interactive Architecture Lab. His research agendas encompassed within the scope of platform capitalism(big tech), cognitive and media architecture, and design fiction. He hopes to broaden the architecture agenda, design pedagogy, and policymaking in the future.