TRA[V]ERSE
Re-Configurable Capsule_Kaleidoscopic Robotics
This project aims to explore a re-configurable cell (Tra[V]erse) that will house an uploaded whole brain emulation (WBE) platform challenging spatial perception. the cell will act as a driver for infinite potential space configurations that will begin to remap, reinterpret, and alter information. Tra[V]erse is an unstable, re-configurable capsule that manages data and broadcast information in ways which challenges not only their understanding but that of the space around and within it. using robotic motion as a way to produce kaleidoscopic effects, the re-configurable forms blur merging objects in space. Architecturally the platform challenges perception in terms of recognizing an individual moment or physical being that ultimately raises the question of how do we perceive digital information in conjunction with a physical re-configurability. Programmatically the building in which Tra[V]erse resides will consist of an underground data center and research facility that will solely address advances in WBE and begin testing spatial perception pertaining to visitation of an uploaded mind. the spaces house an array of servers, a research lab for neuroscientists and professionals alike, and the re-configurable cells which will act as the medium between the living user and the uploaded digital being. Creating infinite potential space configurations will challenge our understanding of space around and within it.
Tra[V]erse alters our perception of physical and digital interaction of both mind and object while creating an underlining symbiosis between them. traverse: something that crosses or lies across / obstacle, adversity / a route or way across or over / a lateral movement; also : a device for imparting such movement
SCI-Arc 2014_Instructor_Marcelo Spina/Casey Rehm
Robotics Lab: Jake Newsum & Curime Batliner