As a rite of passage to the outside, Zooming is not only a digital outlet enabled by new media. It enables us to navigate outside the egospheres of our confinement and forces us to rethink reality and the ways we live together. We not only Zoom to communicate with others, but also zoom inside and outside of ourselves as a daily ritual while contemplating new forms of livelihood. Zooming in and out of our physical coordinates—this state of connected immobility—is also a rare opportunity for a united reflection on the fragility of our production processes, our hubris for ceaseless growth and endless mobility, and finally, our accountability for how we occupy our planet.
Lydia Kallipoliti Zoom In, Zoom Out e-flux architecture
Found Object (part of a hooker)
Tuesday, 5
The depicted object I found on Sunday afternoon at the beach. It is part of the here in Gambia used fisher boats also called hookers. Inside the object there is a long rusty nail, whose head is below the object - invisible in the photo. In this context let me remind you of our work Found objects.