Experientialists explore the desert, reveling in it’s sublime landscapes, often departing without knowledge of the unresolved histories that have shaped this terrain. Perceptive Lands reveals two contending, intertwined, and parallel occupations: those of the U.S military forces and indigenous peoples. This proposition offers sensorial architectures intended to evoke and present frameworks through which to experience and engage these dialectic narratives. Our systemic design strategy manifests as a collection of seven constructed interventions spanning strategic sites, each addressing a thematic front: settlement, defense, depletion, surveillance, borderlands, space, and grief – as designers, we aim not to provide solutions, but ignite awareness.…
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