Valentine in Things City

Speculative urban design exploring post-human spaces and the algorithmic organization of logistics spaces

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2018 / 7min.

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Genres

Animation

Synopsis

A research and design project that imagines the future of post-human spaces like Google data centers and Amazon warehouses. Using the same artificial intelligence code that organizes logistics infrastructure, a fictional fulfillment center at the scale of a city has been procedurally generated. Things City is designed to accommodate only delivery drones, logistics bots, and packages as its citizens. Through the eyes of the city’s machines, we watch as a girl enters Things City on Valentine’s day searching for a lost package.

Directors

Viviane Komati

Actors

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