Socio-Technical Interventions
Context
Studio Director for Josh Sarantitis, a Brooklyn based artist and Research Associate with The Media Lab at MIT, Social Computing Research Group. The group creates loosely coupled, decentralized social systems that foster healthier real-world environments. In addition to managing the daily operations of the studio, I had the pleasure of working with the Lab on 3 additional opportunities.
Opportunities
Software Design, Civic Engagement, and Prototyping around Microculture Urban Gardens.
Grant research and writing for a public works project pitched to the city of Washington, DC.
Participation in the Metzger experiment run through the Art Culture and Technology (ACT) program as a visitor providing a guest critique.
Considerations on systems for learning, agriculture, and transportation.
A series of container-based micro-gardens produced from up-cycled materials were used in the installation of a mobile park.
Using urban farming principles, and permaculture - the use of sustainable and self-sufficient agricultural ecosystems.
The micro-garden units were designed through collaborative open sessions, materials exploration, mapping, and creation of the modular structures.
This was part of a larger project for the research group that explored structure, human scale mobility, and the relationship between the built environment and the natural world.
Collaborators
Sep Kamvar
Josh Sarantitis
Lisa DiPiano
Yonatan Cohen
Kim Holleman
Kim Smith
