Yidi Wang

Research Proposal

Title: Visceral Noi-ster: Building Object Intelligence Network Through Integrating Civic Sensory Engagement and Digital Fabrication Based on Synchronized Bio-human terrain of Oyster Farming

Concept: Inspired by the geometrical complexity of oysters and their particular relationship with human culture, socio-economic system, and their impact on ecology through pearl farming, the project tries to build an object intelligence system in the city of Berlin while tracing its relationship to bioregion of Zhuji's pearl farming area in China. The synchronicity between the two will be measured by theories, and also fabricated devices resembling micro-architecture which carries sensory data and functions, such as monitoring brain waves and the oscillations of objects. Through collaboration with local labs in Berlin like Monom and intellectual entities like Foreign Objekt, an immersive spatial experiences will be created through spatialized sound technologies and frameworks of 0Ocean, Posthuman Terrains &Topology, Intelligence-love-revolution.

Objective: The digital object intelligence network will allow locals to contribute data from their experiences and creative practices. This approach combines humanities with cutting-edge technology, creating a digital twin that reflects the complexity of human-object interactions. The system will highlight bio-synaesthesia, revealing how objects from curated eco-systems are deeply intertwined with human culture, sense of being, institutionalization, and visceral creative possibilities.

Innovations:

Digital Object Intelligence Network: Integrates local experiences and facts from another planetary bioregion linked through trade and digital fabricating technologies to create a cognitive infrastructure for localized citizens. This intelligence network increases the value of data from humanities to science through architectural-spatial-object simulation and evaluation.

Architectural Sonic Device: Generates sounds, movements and geometrical patterns of marine life to explore synaesthetic connections between human and non-human entities. This device should be a collective design represents civic engagement through digital tools or the intelligence system created.

Scientific Research: Investigates sensorial synchronicity, spatial acoustics, and object oscillations to develop a digital oscillation/relation and object network that bridges the gap between empirical and scientific realms.

Interdisciplinary Approach: This project merges neuroscience, architecture, philosophy of technology, object-oriented ontology, sonic science, and biology. It challenges conventional technological applications by linking them to deep humanities and culture-curated bio-environments, fostering a sophisticated intersection of technology and humanities.

Community Impact: Civic participation is crucial for this project, ensuring that the local scale and human-object relationships are central to its development. By engaging with the local community in Berlin, the project aims to create a digital infrastructure that inform citizens of their own beings and choices forming digitalized future and present owning their relation to bio-physicality through this object intelligence network.

Potential Collaborators:

Fab City Global Foundation

Expertise: Interdisciplinary knowledge, collaborative support, and project management.

Contribution: Assist with prototyping, collaborative activities, and managing project development.

Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC)

Expertise: Technological lab focused on architecture, urban studies, robotics, and AI.

Contribution: Refine architectural and engineering aspects, simulate futuristic structures, and apply urban scale solutions.

Monom 4DSOUND, Berlin

Expertise: Spatial sound systems and immersive audio technologies.

Contribution: Create and manage sonic sculpture installations, providing immersive sound experiences for the project.

Interspecies Network

Expertise: More-than-human species’ scientific research on behaviours, intelligence, etc.

Contribution: Provide research and networking resources on bio-matters. Closely linked to Fab City Global Foundation.

Bio

Yidi Wang (She/They) are a compositional architect, and independent researcher based in Berlin. They are trained as an architect in Hong Kong while now undertaking innovative endeavors in Europe focusing on spatialized sound and biotechnologies. Sometimes they act as an art producer supporting creatives' work by bridging unforeseeable terrains.