The City as Platform

At the round table THE CITY AS PLATFORM, held in collaboration with the Giudecca Art District, GIACOMO-MARIA SALERNO of the OCIO Collective, MAURILIO PIRONE and NICCOLÒ CUPPINI of the INTO THE BLACK BOX Collective, and BENJ GERDES will discuss the significance and impact of an accelerating phenomenon: platform urbanism. We will consider how one defines platform urbanism and its ramifications on the way cities are inhabited, produced, and accessed.

The city of Venice as an active example of such operations will become one focal point of our urgent questions: How are architectures of exchange, participation, and digital mediation carrying repercussions beyond the imaginaries they postulate? What effects is this having on the obfuscation of labour and growing logistifaction of urban life?

The Giudecca Art District is a network of art professionals: artisans, curators and artists, spatialised on the island of Giudecca in Venice, with a permanent research programme aimed at supporting and exploring the city of Venice and its institutions.

The panel discussion will be followed by refreshments and a DJ set.