Staging Ground is a platform testing performative responses to urban challenges. Following the 2023 cycle focused on the Périphérique ring road, this cycle will explore the wider suburban territory of Plaine Commune, focal point of the 2024 Paris Olympics. Residents will form a research collective, engaging creative methods to document transformations in urban mobility and imagine new futures for movement infrastructures.
The residency takes place in two stages in spring: a research week including a programme of walks, discussions, and workshops led by fellows; and a summer school including a public presentation of research outcomes. Fellows’ projects will be published on a dedicated project website, adding to a growing archive of critical documentations and performance-based speculations on cultures of ecological transition in Grand Paris.