I never paid much attention to the table setting during Sunday lunches at my grandma’s until she asked me if I liked her new bell. A little buttress for the status quo, I thought about how the object in fact reinforces social hierarchy in old Filipino households.

From security and streamlined services to racial bias and mass surveillance, what does it mean for smart cities to be better? Whose better?

Two weeks ago, I gave a talk about one of my projects, Voluminous Territories. Using the country Cyprus as a case study, I explained how private companies are reshaping our world and transforming our notions of territory.

Major cities across the world are in danger of losing water in the next few decades, unless their water use radically changes. Let us rekindle our relationship with our most valuable resource by imagining a world without it.