The atlas of human anatomy of the German Dr. Rohen and the Japanese Dr. Yokochi shows on the chapters dedicated to the neck and to the head, pictures where it is possible to recognize the corpse used to be examined and exhibited. It is a luxury edition, different in its photography the quality from other anatomy books. Although, it is difficult to believe that the headless or skinless persons had agreed with ceasing their last pictures for publications. With this project, born from having recognized a close relative among the published corpses, I try to give them that lacking story after having removed the pretended hygienic filter of the academic reference arrows
Tipo de proyecto: Research
Spy House
In reality, the Spy House in Princeton is a combination of office space and home for a commercial spy. The domestic space serves as a camouflage for the work that is taking place inside, subverting the assumed relationships between the public and private spheres. The domestic envelope of this project offers an illusion of casual private quarters for the more public activity it houses. This simultaneous act of encasement and exposure creates a space that becomes more secretive than the most intimate corner of a home, acknowledging the impossibility of complete privacy. The plans of the home were adapted from other, pre-existing, and well-known projects, becoming an exercise of appropriation typical of espionage
Battlefield Shopping
Using the Battle of Princeton as a point of departure, we proposed to design a museum for the purchase and enjoyment of justifiable violence. This battle marked a turning point, where the American ‘Revolutionaries’ first gained on the British troops, which concedes it a halo of ‘just’ aggression. The museum visit simultaneously extends in ‘actual, physical’ space, that of the city and its surroundings, and another, superimposed, ‘virtual, digital’ volume. In order to visit the latter, it is necessary to use the Augmented Perception System (APS) provided. Each visitor’s precise location is known with utmost precision by means of an ad-hoc Local Positioning System (LPS). The ticket purchase gains you access to both physical and a virtual space that is marginally different for each tourist. The APS gear gives information about their location and the surrounding area. If the tourist leaves the individual space he/she has bought, which roughly correlates with the area of the Battle of Princeton, the system shuts off.
