Thesis - NYU ITP
Duban Morales
2nd Meeting
Date 09/24/2025

Research Findings + Refined Inquiry Space Diagram


References 
Martin, Bea
Martin, Bea. “Machinic Assemblies.” In Drawing Attention: Architecture in the Age of Social Media, edited by Hamza Shaikh, [pages]. London: RIBA Books, 2023.

———. “Publications.” Speculative Assemblies. Accessed October 6, 2025. https://speculativeassemblies.com/publications/.

———. Instagram profile. Accessed October 6, 2025. https://www.instagram.com/bgommartin/


Cook, Peter

“Peter Cook exhibition ‘Cities’ explores colourful urban visions at Richard Saltoun Gallery,” Wallpaper, published July 21, 2023, accessed October 6, 2025 , https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/peter-cook-exhibition-cities-london-uk.

Sadler, Simon. Archigram: Architecture Without Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2025. https://monoskop.org/images/f/ff/Sadler_Simon_Archigram_Architecture_without_Architecture.pdf.


Moholy-Nagy, László


Moholy-Nagy, László. Light Prop for an Electric Stage (Light-Space Modulator). 1930. Metal, glass, and plastic with motor and lights. Bauhaus-Archiv, Berlin.
Moholy-Nagy, László. Vertical Black, Red, Blue. 1945. Oil on plexiglass. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles.
Moholy-Nagy, László. Vision in Motion. Chicago: Paul Theobald, 1947.

Masson, André. Ophelia. 1937. Oil and sand on canvas.

Rubin, William, and Carolyn Lanchner. André Masson. New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1976.
https://assets.moma.org/documents/moma_catalogue_2000_300297560.pdf

Kusama, Yayoi


Yayoi Kusama, The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity Will Eternally Cover the Universe, 2019 at Kusama's solo exhibition Yayoi Kusama: All About Love Speaks Forever at Fosun Foundation, Shanghai
Kusama, Yayoi. Infinity Mirrored Room — The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away. 2013. LED lights, mirrors, wood, and water. The Broad Museum, Los Angeles. 

TeamLab


teamLab. Sketch Aquarium: Connected World. Interactive digital installation, 2013–present. teamLab Future Park. Accessed October 2025. https://futurepark.teamlab.art/en/playinstallations/sketch_aquarium_connected_world/.

Key words:
Deconstructivism
playful interactions
tangible object(s) 
anamorphic 
responsive
systems
scale
data as form
The cloud is anything but a cloud 
deconstructivism in Architecture

Idea(s):
Designing an exhibition space
Magnifying a system

Ask:
What do I want people to understand, feel, or do in this space?
I want to reveal how invisible systems (digital, mechanical, or perceptual) can be made visible through physical, time-based interactions

 Revealing hidden systems through physical, time-based, and experiences

making the invisible visible, the infrastructures, signals, and systems that structure daily life but escape perception.

How can hidden technological systems be materialized?

evolution of communication ?

write proposals that would make this feel real to a gallery
Visit concept stores, can you see the product in the stores ?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_wave#:~:text=Animation%20of%20a%20half%2Dwave,networks%20and%20many%20other%20applications.

Animation of a half-wave dipole antenna radiating radio waves, showing the electric field lines. The antenna in the center is two vertical metal rods connected to a radio transmitter (not shown). The transmitter applies an alternating electric current to the rods, which charges them alternately positive (+) and negative (−). Loops of electric field leave the antenna and travel away at the speed of light; these are the radio waves. In this animation the action is shown slowed down tremendously.

Technical:
Hu, Tung-Hui. A Prehistory of the Cloud. [PDF on Are.na]. Accessed October 6, 2025. https://www.are.na/block/21650887. 


get better at finding material tolerance , give whatever it is you are making to other people to see how they actually interact with the object
 

Duban Morales
1st Meeting
Date 09/04/2025

Inquiry  space + inspiration repository



Past Work