Interdisciplinary Team Project
An interdisciplinary studio investigating life after oil through collaborative scenarios, experiential prototypes and speculative media environments.
Students developed physical and digital responses to the Precognitioning Post-Oil brief. The archive includes installations at 1014, narrative films, an emergency-meeting scenario and a playable game.
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Selected student projects
Petrobionis
Student project by Michael Lecolant, Christopher Riba · Fall 2020
Precognitioning Post-Oil
A speculative company presented through a waiting-room installation at 1014, a news clip, a logo and newspaper mockups.
Petronostalgia
Student project by Justin Philip · Fall 2020
Precognitioning Post-Oil
A speculative media environment documented through a projection installation and two narrative videos.
Fear and Governing
Student project by Brian Livingston, Anthony Truong · Fall 2020
Precognitioning Post-Oil
A staged emergency meeting responds to a fictional plastic-eating biofilm hoax and the resulting public outcry. The source includes a meeting recording and three scenario case studies.
Unaffordable Transportation: A Bewildering Trip
Student project by Giancarlo Macias · Fall 2020
Precognitioning Post-Oil
A narrative video exploring transportation within a speculative post-oil scenario.
Fungee
Student project by Michael Paul, Andres Vera · Fall 2020
Precognitioning Post-Oil
A playable game developed for the post-oil brief. The original project page includes a playthrough and the Windows game download.
Course outline
Goals
- Use speculative design to open discussion about alternative futures.
- Develop collaborative projects across different disciplines.
- Communicate scenarios through physical models, digital prototypes and exhibition settings.
Assignments
Design futures and scenario development
Research signals and construct scenarios for life after oil.
Experiential prototypes
Translate scenarios into artifacts, devices and simulated environments.
Documentation and synthesis
Reflect on prototypes and present the work through online documentation and exhibition settings.