Wetland Enmeshments examines the tension between wetlands, local communities, and digital infrastructure in Quilicura, Chile. As data centres expand, threatening ecosystems, consultation and intervention methods are needed to address community concerns like water scarcity and pollution, while navigating pressures from governing bodies responding to AI’s growing infrastructural demands.
Participants
SERENA DAMBROSIO, NICOLAS DIAZ, AND MARINA OTERO VERZIER
SANTIAGO, CHILE; MADRID, SPAIN; ROTTERDAM, The Netherlands; NEW YORK, USA
Serena Dambrosio, Ponte dell’Olio, Italy, 1989. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Nicolas Diaz, Bogotá, Colombia, 1990. Lives and works in Santiago, Chile.
Marina Otero Verzier, A Coruña, Spain, 1981. Lives and works in Madrid, Spain; Rotterdam, The Netherlands; New York, USA.
Authorial Collaborators
Rodrigo Vallejos, Alexandra Arancibia, and Vincente Bardales, Resistencia Socioambiental Quilicura (Local Community Partners); Tanguy Pitavy (Panel painting); Miguel Uribe, Sebastian Nuñez (Photography)
Technical Collaborators
Rodrigo Vallejos, Alexandra Arancibia, and Vincente Bardales, Resistencia Socioambiental Quilicura (Local Community Partners); Tanguy Pitavy (Panel painting); Miguel Uribe, Sebastian Nuñez (Photography)
Team
Local Community Partners: Rodrigo Vallejos, Alexandra Arancibia, and Vincente Bardales, Resistencia Socioambiental Quilicura; Miguel Mora and Lorena Antiman, Fundación Ngen; Felipe Gonzalez, Environmental Division Municipality of Quilicura; Academic Partners: Martín Tironi, Escuela de Diseño Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Carolina Rojas, Instituto de Estudios Urbanos y Territoriales Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Sergio Iriarte, Investiga Colina; Cristián Simonetti, Antropología Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Sebastian Ureta, Instituto Desarrollo Sustentable Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Linda Schilling Cuellar, Goldsmiths University of London; Constanza Duran, Magíster en Arquitectura, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile; Students: Valentina Rendich, Diego Alday, Matías Valenzuela, Luke Thomley, Sebastian Valois, Alvaro Poblete, Santiago Eguiguren, Tomas Ponce, Melanie Alexandra Campodónico Rojas, and KristeMarie Malonnek, ARQ UC; Abigail Ocas Olguín, EARQ UDLA; Matias Sepúlveda Cortés, EARQ UNAB; Camila Schwerter, Leonor Soto, and Luna Valdivia, FAAD UDP; Miguel Uribe, MARQ UCHILE; Francisca Larraín, ARTE UC
Thanks
Future of Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR); Escuela de Arquitectura Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (ARQ UC); Facultad de Arquitectura, Artes y Diseño, Universidad Diego Portales (FAAD UDP); Magister de Arquitectura Universidad de Chile (MARQ UChile); Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad Andrés Bello (EARQ UNAB); Escuela de Arquitectura, Universidad de las Américas (EARQ UDLA); Doctorado en Arquitectura y Estudios Urbanos, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Doctorado FADEU PUC)
Supporters
Canadian Center for Architecture, Architecture as Public Concern fellowship 2023; Magister en Arquitectura Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (MARQ UC); Future of Artificial Intelligence Research (FAIR)
