portfolio 2009
monika codourey  
I PaxMan 2.0 I Constant Travellers | Data Record of Mobile Identities | Airport Transit Condition | Mapping Sozio-Spatial Mobilities | The World of Homo Ludends | Geographies of Kinetic Elites I Fluid House |



"... Such mobile complexity of both the spatial conditions and the composition of the 'population' determines New Babylonian culture... Nobody now falls into the trap of habit. Habits, the totality of which constitute a social model of behavior' are what, in utilitarian society, privilege a static way of life: they re so many automatisms. However, the dynamism of a life of permanent creation excludes all automatism. Just as an artist cannot and does not want to repeat one of his works, so the New Babylonian who creates his life cannot exhibit repetitive behavior."

[Homo Ludens 01] ] Moves in space from Switzerland through Canada, Guatemala, Germany, the USA and returns to Switzerland. After all sorts of twists and turns reads Economics. Today he works 60 to 80 hours per week in an international business consultancy firm. She likes changes, travel as part of projects – e.g. six months spent in Barcelona. She shows maximum commitment, work is an honour for him – in order to become a partner or create an ideal platform for a huge career leap. She has little or no time for friends or for himself and he is unable to find a proper balance. She dreams of his own family, but later, without stress and constant moves, instead living in safety and stability.

01_Relocation patterns (02:19)
02_Relocation causes (03:47)
03_Work environment (06:04)
04_Relocation aspects (03:56)
05_Identity (03:59)
06_Images of the future (00:42)

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