Plug-in Habitat

Plug-in Habitat is named after the famous ‘Plug-in City’ (1963-66) by the neo-futuristic architectural group Archigram. ‘What happens if the whole … More

The anti-genealogy of particles

‘Always look for the molecular, or even submolecular, particle with which we are allied. We evolve and die more from … More

detail of the work

The nonlinear patterns of a superorganism

The nonlinear patterns of a superorganism consists of an ant farm built with a gel that is a complete food … More

Game of Swarms

Game of Swarms explores how living organisms work together without central control to adapt to changing conditions. Drawing on theories … More

Hair, heir: dynamics of self-destruction

A hair is not just a hair.  A hair—that you lose everyday—contains part of your self, and it can be detached from you easily. It can be spread over the globe. It can give your identity to a curious stranger. It can chart part of your parental relations.

I travel because I have to, I come back because I love you

I travel because I have to, I come back because I love youis the appropriation of a Brazilian film’s title, in which a geologist is sent to carry out a field research during which he will cross the northeastern Brazilian backlands. The first impression of this type of place, the “Sertão”, is aridity and isolation.

A project for people I don’t know

As a response to the questions posed by PROJECT_16, and putting in parallel these two realities of the city, Paula Nishijima proposes A project for people I don’t know. Composed of a two-day happening in São Paulo and a film, this work is the outcome of a two-year research project initiated with the Goethe Institut of Brazil and developed through the collaboration with PROJECT_16’s curators.

Manju Fuji

Manju Fuji

Prints

Series of prints in cyanotype and Van Dyck process. 21 x 15 cm.