Sarah S. Kim

Cyborgania

2026

cyborgania.org

Cyborgania is an artist-led design research laboratory exploring the ontological collapse between biological systems and digital architecture. We interrogate the screen not as a barrier, but as a porous, permeable membrane where the enmeshment of the machine and the organism occurs.

Technically, the project functions as a "cyborganic" feedback loop. By ingesting real-world geospatial data—including solar positioning, anemometric shifts, and seismic tremors—the digital environment is algorithmically reconfigured in real-time. This creates a responsive "eco-scape" where code acts as a living tissue, fluctuating in direct somatic response to the earth's physical rhythms.

From a critical perspective, Cyborgania seeks to dismantle the techno-industrial binary that positions the digital as an extraction from the natural. We advocate for a post-humanist design language that prioritizes "softness" and "oneness," utilizing storytelling and communal gatherings to foster a future where technology serves as a celebratory extension of the planet's inherent pulse.

Generative (The Architecture)

Geospatial (The Mapping)

Atmospheric (The UX)

Brutalist (The Structure)

Algorithmic (The Motion)

Tactile (The Texture)