REALTIME: Making Digital China

Description

REALTIME is an investigation about China’s digital and urban infrastructure, practices and imaginary spaces. REALTIME attempts to capture the pace, scale and depth of China’s complex and changing reality. REALTIME is a collection of original accounts, analyses, stories, articles, artworks, pictures, maps, illustrations, and materials collected by researchers and practitioners from various fields of design, geography, architecture, anthropology, economics, and art. ---- EDITORS ---- Clément Renaud, EPFL / Florence Graezer Bideau, EPFL / Marc Laperrouza, EPFL ---- GRAPHIC DESIGN ---- Maria Roszkowska, DISNOVATION.ORG ---- AUTHORS ---- Clément Renaud, EPFL Lausanne, CH / Florence Graezer Bideau, EPFL Lausanne, CH / Marc Laperrouza, EPFL Lausanne, CH / Monique Bolli, EPFL Lausanne, CH / Emanuele Protti, Polytechnico de Torino, IT / Anaïs Bloch, HEAD Geneva, CH / Maria Roszkowska, DISNOVATION.ORG / Nicolas Maigret, DISNOVATION.ORG / Dennis de Bel, Willem De Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, NL / Gabriele de Seta, Academia Sinica, Taipei, TW / Jason Hilgefort, Hong Kong University / LCC, HK / David Li, SZOIL, Shenzhen CN / Dino Ge Zhang, RMIT University, Melbourne, AU / Xiaowei R. Wang, Researcher & Designer, San Francisco, US Contents Introduction 01. The Ascent Of Digital Technology In China, Clément Renaud 02. Planning: From Model To Modules, Florence Graezer Bideau 03. Producing Standardization: Chinese Blocks In Networks, Marc Laperrouza 04. An Archeology Of Shanzhai Phones, Clément Renaud & DISNOVATION.ORG (Maria Roszkowska & Nicolas Maigret) 05. The Ghosts Of Shenzhen, Dennis de Bel 06. Learning About Makers In China, Monique Bolli, Clément Renaud, Anaïs Bloch & Emanuele Protti 07. CHINA.AI, Gabriele de Seta 08. The Armatures Of A New Autonomous Urbanism, Jason Hilgefort & David Li 09. Speed Politics Of Danmu, Dino Ge Zhang 10. Future Recipes, Xiaowei R. Wang Conclusion Credits Bios Impressum