The Interface, Deconstructed

This workshop seeks to critically reveal, analyze and connect the complex network of agents that converge on the configuration of the Interface. Far from being a purely immaterial entity, the Interface is an extremely complex physical structure composed by a massive number of actors that have a direct and deep impact in every aspect of our daily lives. Despite its crucial role in many aspects of our society, the material and computational architectures that allow the Interface to exist are widely ignored by most of its users. The seminar will focus on revealing, deconstructing and re- articulating, the material and immaterial agents that construct the Interface in order to reflect on its role and influence within the social, political, economic, cultural and emotional spheres of the networked society.