May 30 - July 13, 2002
Opening Reception: Thursday May 30, 6-8pm

	MAIN SPACE: Infotecture Participants include: AMO and 2x4, Bureau of Inverse Technology, Diller + Scofidio, Foundation 33, Ken Goldberg and Karl Bohringer, Graft, Janette Kim, Lunar Design, and the Sociable Media Group at MIT Media Lab. curated by guest curator Jenelle Porter
Lunar Design Blu e-jacket, 2000 made of digital fabric

Infotecture responds to the information age — a complex and often alienating force in daily life — by examining how information is handled by designers and architects. Information design takes many forms, from computer networks, to statistical analysis; from buildings, to highly specialized DNA maps. Taking into account the vast scope of work in this area, Infotecture addresses the more personalized and normalizing aspects of information design. Projects in the exhibition use information as a platform, a tool, a textile, or a framework. They might help us to navigate information overload, represent data as a physical model, enable the complexities of information systems to disappear, or highlight the socioeconomic and political approaches to data utilization. Other works in the exhibition illustrate vast communication networks, such as information technology, email programs, and the books and magazines we read. Infotecture creates a place for information to be visualized, virtually and physically.

Bureau of Inverse Technology	Janette Kim	Ken Goldberg and Karl Bohringer Center of Attention, 1996 Model: Silicon, 60 x 80 x 10 micrometers Photo: output from a Scanning Electron Microscope, 60 x 60 mm

ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN PROJECT SPACE:
Ayse Birsel and Karin Fong: Wunderkammer: A Cabinet of Words

Wunderkammer [Œvun-der-kam-mer] n., German: 1. a cabinet of curiosity used to house rare natural and man-made specimens [17th-18th century]. 2. one such collection of foreign words having no English equivalent. 3. an installation by Ayse Birsel (Olive 1:1) and Karin Fong (Imaginary Forces), selected by Andrea Codrington.

PROJECT SPACE: Kendall Buster: Parabiosis

Kendall Buster, 2002 Parabiosis Architectural model

Parabiosis is defined as the artificial or natural joining of two individuals. Generated out of the collision of distinct enclosures, the resulting architectural installation is a complex form that suggests either a process of hybridization or a fusion of independent organisms.