Sleeping Ritual in Logroño Proposes New Civic Architecture
The article discusses how cities are designed to mitigate risk through data collection on climate, infrastructure, biodiversity, and social fragmentation, but often neglect the emotional and imaginative dimensions of transformation. Philosopher Félix Guattari proposed that ecological transformation requires simultaneous attention to three ecologies: mind, society, and environment. Mainstream environmental politics focuses on one or two, flattening complexity. Ancient rituals demonstrate that transformation engages body, community, and environment together. The piece references the installation "One Third of Life" by Suomi/Koivisto & IC-98 at Concéntrico 2026 in Logroño, Spain, as an example of a sleeping ritual that proposes a new civic architecture.
Key facts
- Cities collect data on climate, infrastructure, biodiversity, and social fragmentation.
- Resilience language has become a fixture of planning.
- Underlying conditions of polarization, civic disengagement, and ecological breakdown remain unquestioned.
- Urban practice tools address only one register of human experience.
- Félix Guattari proposed three ecologies: mind, society, environment.
- Mainstream environmental politics concentrates on one or two ecologies.
- Ancient rituals engage body, community, and environment simultaneously.
- Installation 'One Third of Life' by Suomi/Koivisto & IC-98 at Concéntrico 2026 in Logroño.
Entities
Artists
- Suomi/Koivisto
- IC-98
Institutions
- Concéntrico
Locations
- Logroño
- Spain