SQM: Fortress of Solitude
‘Fortress of Solitude’ is an essay film in three chapters investigating the technology used to make the home smarter. The internet and alternative network protocols are the backbone to home automation. Much of the technology infused into homes and our everyday lives have a history of defense funding or only exist because of military research. Is the smart home in fact a militarisation of the domestic, home.mil? Is our home becoming a data machine rather than architecture for living? Are our most privates spaces broadcasting our lives involuntarily instead of providing shelter? Tracing the possibilities of a military-domestic complex, Fortress of Solitude is an investigative narrative interspersed with future product proposals.
The home does not exist.
Credits:
Project team: Simone Niquille
Sound: M.E.S.H.
Voice: Patrick Ethan Donovan
Commissioned by
Biennale Interieur Kortrijk
Exhibitions:
7 – 11/10 2015
Architectuur Film Festival Rotterdam
23/05 2015
Architecture On Film
Barbican Centre, London
27/02 – 26/03 2015
CC Strombeek, Belgium
31/01 – 27/02 2015
White Hole, Genova
17 – 26/10 2014
Biennale Interieur Kortrijk, Belgium
