Network seminar Paris, City lab, 24th June 5pm CET: "The Autocene"
Liubov
The outcomes of the 20th Century ‘auto-motive complex’--individualistic autonomy, autopoetic infrastructure development, and automatic proliferation--are in many ways repeating today in the trajectories of autonomous vehicle development. In other ways, the logics and dynamics that enabled this planetary mobility are being reorganized by the expansion of platform automation. This talk frames this legacy as "the Autocene," an era that predates and may well surpass the Anthropocene, from the perspective of machine steerage. It reviews the legacies of platform automobility, prompting a more expansive rethinking of how past precedents shape the intelligent design and distribution of the Autocene to come.
Stephanie Sherman is a London-based director, producer, writer, and strategis working across design, urbanism, technology, and culture. She teaches City Design at the Royal College of Art, produces online radio broadcasts with Radioee.net, and collaborates on urban ecosystem projects with the think tank Autonomy UK, The UC San Diego Design Lab, and The UC Center for Design and Geopolitics. Stephanie is finalizing a PhD in Design at University of California San Diego. She holds an MA in Philosophy from Duke University and a BA in Literature from UPenn. http://stephaniesherman.net
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