Max Taschek
505-379-5888
mtaschek@unm.edu
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| Inspired by the hallucinogenic properties of the desert, my investigation into the potential for an architectural augmentation of reality began with Manuel De Landa’s Non-Organic Life. In analyzing the seemingly unpredictable nature of various non-linear system (i.e. flocking patterns, turbulence, etc…) De Landa begins to draw parallels between these self organizing systems and the flows of energy that regulate and construct our body and consciousness. De Landa asserts that these seemingly unpredictable systems have long term tendencies, which he calls “attractors”, however the systems are highly unstable and are subject to wildly unpredictable bifurcations (shifts in phase or state). The series of pathways cut into the northern face of Prisor hill lead to programmatic “attractors”. The architecture allows for the occupant to bifurcate, and experience purely the landscape, or to attract and convene at the programmatic points of congruence. The program acts to enhance the haptic conditions of the desert and sub orbital flight. | Max Taschek |