The Terraforming will mix seminars, studio work and technical workshops in an alternating sequence of modules running over a period of 5 months (from January 25 until July 5, 2020). The programme will run as an interdisciplinary urban design think-tank directed by design theorist and author, Benjamin Bratton. Over the course of the initiative, The Terraforming will host contributions from multiple faculty and experts including: Jussi Parikka, Nick Srnicek, Helen Hester, Robert Pietrusko, Kim Stanley Robinson, Liam Young, Elie During, Metahaven, Denis Leontiev, Nicolay Boyadjiev, Boris Groys, Holly Herndon, Mat Dryhurst, Lisa Messeri, Kodwo Eshun, Design Earth, Xin Liu and many others. The programme will consider the past and future role of cities as a planetary network by which humans occupy the Earth’s surface. The next Strelka education programme will explore the implications of this proposition for urbanism at planetary scale, a venture that is full of risk-technical, philosophical, and ecological. The term “terraforming” usually refers to transforming the ecosystems of other planets or moons to make them capable of supporting Earth-like life, but the looming ecological consequences of what is called the Anthropocene suggest that in the decades to come, we will need to terraform Earth if it is to remain a viable host for Earth-like life. Artificiality, astronomy, and automation form the basis of that alternative planetarity. The Terraforming is the comprehensive project to fundamentally transform Earth cities, technologies, and ecosystems to ensure that the planet will be capable of supporting Earth-like life.
On August 27, Strelka Education Programme Director Benjamin Bratton presented the Institute’s new tuition-free research programme, The Terraforming.
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