Kites are satellite architectures that use air as their main structural support. They have been employed for military applications, meteorology, human flight, photography, lifting radio antennas, generating power, and collecting information. However, they are well known primarily for their use in recreational activities.
The two-day intensive workshop will investigate how kites inhabit spaces of control, war and leisure, conveying different meanings and contradictions. Students from Disarming Design and Studio for Immediate Spaces will be introduced to kites' various uses and contexts. Alongside they will collectively build and fly kites aiming to transform them into spatial communication devices or publishing tools.
The workshop was led by Hazem Al-Qaddi and PING (Agustina Woodgate, Miquel Gomez Hervas y Sascha Krischock)