- New alliances
Today, as “relationships have been converted to services and commons to commodities”, we are looking for urban rituals as critical alternatives to the commercialization of public space.
What collective actions nurture common space? How are technologies shaping new understandings of the commons? What pioneering spatial configurations are generated by cultural crossing and climate change?
This itinerant survey along 45ºN aspires to elevate an arbitrary line to a symbolic space. A path crossing climates, geographies and borders marked by socio-economic and geo-political struggles, where movements of people, knowledge and goods made the hybrid place we call Europe.
Through the speculative power of architecture and anthropology we will narrate alternatives and theories of hope for space-making. We will outline the future of a hybrid urban culture where new traditions, memories and technologies shape radical practices of commoning grounded on spatial justice and environmental awareness.
“Multiethnic market next to Gothic architecture in Bordeaux”. The proposed selected cities are a list in continuous evolution. The 45º parallel allows us to focus on an incredible variety of conditions with the goal of shifting notions of center and periphery.
“Refugees gather to charge their phones: Power Anxiety”. We will employ mappings, photos and video documentation, essays and interviews to explore existing and emerging phenomena.
“Courtyard dinner in Turin”. The survey will be conducted on the ground, meeting the actors leading wide spread as well as peripheral actions.
“Manifestation of the Mujeres Las Tesis”. The research will be presented for the first time in September at Port25 in Mannheim. It is intended to be an ever-evolving format open to experimentation and to the unpredictable findings of the itinerant survey.
