How to imbue AIs with an enlivened sense of space? Architect and practice-based researcher Renske Maria van Dam challenges normative spatial paradigms with situated interventions that extend the sensorium and help our bodies access new realms of energy. The conversation here explores the ‘soft shifts’ afforded by Japanese approaches to space—including the enigmatic spatio-temporal interval ma—, the speculative architecture of Arakawa+Gins, and Renske’s own ‘unbalancing procedurals’ that draw us into dynamic reciprocity with the world around.'

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The image here of the Go’o Shrine on Naoshima Island (JP) is courtesy of Renske Maria van Dam