Ministry of Happiness
Ministry of Happiness
GDP and continuous growth as a measure of development is a capitalist construct which is no longer compatible with the challenges of climate change and social inequality we face. Progressive societies are starting to value measures of happiness and well-being as the alternative measure of success. This projects imagines a new Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing for London, in one of the most prominent of locations, the Serpentine Lake, which signifies the importance of which a progressive new future society might hold such values.
GDP and continuous growth as a measure of development is a capitalist construct which is no longer compatible with the challenges of climate change and social inequality we face. Progressive societies are starting to value measures of happiness and well-being as the alternative measure of success. This projects imagines a new Ministry of Happiness and Wellbeing for London, in one of the most prominent of locations, the Serpentine Lake, which signifies the importance of which a progressive new future society might hold such values.
An interactive piece, which questions transhumanism and its morals. A digital person inside a television responds to proximity and facial expression with the purpose of convincing the spectator to release them into the physical world and assist in their suicide.
Testing Transhumanism
The Cloud Courts
The Cloud Courts are court for the age of digital communication, digital personhood and data-based capitalism. The building uses the metaphor of echo-chambers surrounding a debating hall through which disputes are resolved. These disputes might range from the petty to the extremely important, either way the outcomes, the laws, are cast in iron and placed in a public landscape for future generations to see.