Navigating critical zones is one way to describe our life today. It is also a tribute to the legacy of Peter Weibel (see supplemental material for Jürgen Claus’s artistic tribute), a giant in our field and a force of life in our world. We grieve his death interwoven with gratitude for his life. Peter’s work explored earth as a network of critical zones, experimenting with new modes of coexistence between all forms of life. Navigating critical zones connects digital activism with earthly politics, traversing indeterminate and intimate geographies of personal space and collective conscience.
How do humans intersect and connect with nonhuman intelligence? We are increasingly interdependent with nonhuman intelligence that permeates daily life as over 6.6 billion people worldwide, and 97% of Americans, use smartphones [1] today. Artificial intelligence guides GPS maps, navigation, search engines, recommendation algorithms, social media, facial recognition, autocorrect, text editors, e-payments, and more....