Plane Of Theseus

PLANE OF THESEUS is a focus group on the themes of software virtualisation and corporate financialization, taking the ongoing Boeing 737 Max crisis and grounding as a case study. Guided by the expertise and participation of a trained 737 Max pilot, the focus group aims to interrogate if, how and when a plane ceases to be a plane.

As part of the focus group, participants analyse the Boeing plane as a system impacting its own actions through virtualisation and the Boeing Company as a system impacting its own value through financialization.

Participants are prompted to produce screen based responses to the questions posed to them, with outcomes ranging from websites to games.Since 2019, PLANE OF THESEUS has been held as a week long focus group as part of the BA/MA Visual Communication at Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, as part of the BA Architecture at Ravensbourne University London and as part of the MA Moving Image at Ravensbourne University London.

2020 (focus group): RAVENSBOURNE UNIVERSITY
london
2019 (focus group): WEISSENSEE KUNSTHOCHSCHULE
berlin

Christine Meyer and Anita Nguyen, MA Visuelle Kommunikation, Weissensee
Ezequiel Hyon, BA Visuelle Kommunikation, Weissensee
Leon Schöler, MA Visuelle Kommunikation, Weissensee
Jason Yang, MA Moving Image, Ravensbourne University London
PLANE OF THESEUS is a focus group on the themes of software virtualisation and corporate financialization, taking the ongoing Boeing 737 Max crisis and grounding as a case study. Guided by the expertise and participation of a trained 737 Max pilot, the focus group aims to interrogate if, how and when a plane ceases to be a plane.

As part of the focus group, participants analyse the Boeing plane as a system impacting its own actions through virtualisation and the Boeing Company as a system impacting its own value through financialization.

Participants are prompted to produce screen based responses to the questions posed to them, with outcomes ranging from websites to games.
Since 2019, PLANE OF THESEUS has been held as a week long focus group as part of the BA/MA Visual Communication at Weissensee Kunsthochschule Berlin, as part of the BA Architecture at Ravensbourne University London and as part of the MA Moving Image at Ravensbourne University London.