Columba Livia sp. Domestica: A Critical Agent for Decoding Spatial Policies
“Columba Livia sp. Domestica: A Critical Agent for Decoding Spatial Policies” takes an unorthodox approach to the pigeon as both a critical agent and a metabolic interface for decoding spatial, sociocultural, and geopolitical dynamics.
Throughout history, the relationship between humans and pigeons has oscillated between veneration and marginalisation. From messengers to symbols of resistance, from sentinel species to urban pests, pigeons defy rigid classifications—domesticated or wild, useful or disposable, central or peripheral. This project maps and activates trans-territorial connections between rural peripheries and urban centres, rethinking human-columbid interactions beyond conventional narratives of pest control and eradication.
© Stroboscopic photograph of pigeon walking showing the typical “hold and thrust” action of head-bobbing in “The Optokinetic Basis of Head-Bobbing in the Pigeon,” by B. J. Frost, Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 74, 1978
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FIELD
Born from concerns surrounding the relationship between architecture, society, and territory, FIELD is a multidisciplinary collective bringing together professionals with diverse yet complementary backgrounds. The team shares experience in editorial work, curatorship, and research projects spanning architecture, scenography, art, and design.
For FIELD, artistic research and territorial analysis are driven by the aim of operationalising architectural and spatial analysis tools—merging them with anti-extractivist practices and contested territories that challenge projects and logics which ignore the temporal and interspecies complexities of cultural and environmental ecosystems.
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Miguel Teodoro: @miguel___teodoro
António Faria: @a.p.faria.arq
João Francisco Sousa: @westudio.pt
Nádia Santos: @westudio.pt
Tiago Ascensão: @ascensao.tiago
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