From Speculative Asset to Urbanism: Blockchain, Real-Estate to Media and Philosophy ( PART I )

Описание: 24th June Thursday, 10:30am-12:30pm

Speculative Design, Speculative Asset, and Speculative Urbanism: From Blockchain, Real-Estate to Media and Philosophy

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This seminar invites 6 guests from New Zealand, Pakistan, Ukraine, Sweden, and the USA to discuss their intersection at the ‘speculative’ and apartment 232, bringing their unique visions on the urban context from their respective disciplines and professions.

Tony Yanick is a Philosopher, media-theorist, computer engineer, multimedia artist, and musician from the United States. He holds a Master of Science in computer engineering with a focus on mobile robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as an interdisciplinary Master of Arts in philosophy and world literature.

Mark Wilcox is a BitCoin and interactive media technology strategist, previously Director of Strategy at Nyriad - a pioneer in Hyperscale Computational Storage and GPU-accelerated data fabrics. He participated in SNIA's Technical Working Group for Computational Storage to standardise industry access to Computational Storage Devices. In 2019, Mark participated in 'The New Normal' think tank, researching technological sovereignty and algorithmic geopolitics.

Olesia Kovalenko is a strategist and a designer working with real estate markets. She is part of DOMA.city - a project that aims to rethink the financial architecture of the housing market and explores alternative ownership models for housing. Olesia was a part of the 2019 cohort of the Strelka Institute, Moscow. Currently pursuing her MBA at the Berlin School for Economics and Law.

Hira Zuberi explores the intersection of strategic design, systems thinking, and urbanism. She works with academia, government, and industry, using transdisciplinary methods of design research to develop new models of urban innovation for the Global South. Hira holds a Masters in Advanced Architecture from IAAC and is a lecturer and associate of design at Playground – Center for Transdisciplinary Design & Innovation at Habib University.

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