abstract:

Amid the horrifying events of the present day, many face a paralyzing fear of the future. This fear can make it difficult to look for, or commit to, solutions. The text below aims to help unfreeze action through critical design. By distancing ourselves from the status quo through a work of speculative fiction, we are able to re-evaluate possible solutions. We defamiliarize ourselves from the “real” world in order to look toward the future with fresh eyes. The work below places the viewer in the year 2032 and allows them to interact with artifacts from this speculative future society. It allows us to ask ourselves what these people did right, what they did wrong, and what we should carry with us into the real 2032.

process archive:

image gathering

glossary

text annotations

bunker zine

bunker vignette

digital journal

physical journal

welcome packet

evergreen journal #1

evergreen journal #2

scrap blanket

below collective pins

above/below knit

checkers board

dominos

government handbook

plant identification cards

memory box

revival kit

eastern pine knit

below collective knit

tulip tree knit

community board

torrey pine knit

good bones

good news postcard

greetings from the bunker

bill the recycled bear

packing for the bunker data