Channelbeta - Projects - scapescope

The scapescope project could be subtitled:

recording/sampling/filtering: research on urban phenomena and visual culture.

This is basically an approach to the web and new media that is about recording, organizing and structuring information as a form of ongoing research in itself.

The process of recording, organizing and structuring information becomes a form of speculation. In this case, we are interested in the broad topic of the image - the status of graphic and visual information in contemporary urban culture, with an emphasis on the idea of tourism as a mode of experience.

Information is increasingly represented and disseminated through a wide range of spatial and visual techniques - dynamic, static, in print, onscreen, or in space.

Contemporary society rapidly cultivates an increasingly sophisticated image culture: our visual intelligence has augmented the way we understand ideas and concepts, develop organizational models, and structure our physical environment.

Scapescope version1.1 is an example of an interface developed in response to the issues mentioned above.

Using the metaphor and protocols of travel - the language, iconography, schedules and infrastructure which constitute a large part of the contemporary touristic experience - we have tried to create a kind of structure which will shape and in turn be shaped by our own recorded experiences.

This work began with no clearly desired final result, and is intended to evolve according to circumstance and pressure.

Version 2 will incorporate input from other participants outside of the bnode orbit, creating an actual networked environment where our role shifts slightly to that of the administrator and interpreter.

bnode

Bnode is a New York City based architecture & design studio founded in 2000 by architects Judith Gieseler and Innes Yates.

Bnode was created in an effort to explore new possibilities for architectural practice emerging through the advent of new digital technologies. Since 1994, the two have worked professionally in the fields of architecture, lighting design and new media design. Their research examines the changing roles and territories for architecture as it constantly adjusts to new cultural and technological parameters. Their experience is international in scope, including work in New York, Germany, Canada, France, and the Netherlands. Their independent work has been recognized internationally in architectural design competitions, including Place-Time-Symbol, Ottawa, Canada, 2000 (third prize), Bridging/Place de l'Architecture, Montréal, 1997 (first prize), and the Canadian Battle of Normandy memorial in Caen, France, 1994 (first prize). In addition, bnode has been recognized by the web design community for their experiments that probe the relationship between architectural representation and new media design.