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=== Augury Grid === | |||
For thousands of years, humans looked up before they looked down. Birds were not simply part of the landscape. they were a way of reading it. Across cultures, their movements shaped decisions about where cities should be founded and how people should inhabit the land. | |||
Rome was founded through Augury, where vultures determined the city's site. The Aztecs built Tenochtitlan where an eagle landed on a cactus with a serpent in its beak. Along the Nile, the sacred ibis traced the rhythms of flood, agriculture and settlement. Birds did not predict the future; they revealed patterns within the world. Today, these practices have been replaced by the logic of zoning, efficiency and commercial value in architecture and urban design. Cities are planned to optimise movement, leaving little room for uncertainty, observation or wandering. | |||
The Sciences of the Imprecise (by Abraham Moles) reminds us that not all knowledge comes from precision or measurement. Some patterns can only be understood through careful observation. Birds still read the city differently; they follow thermals, waterways, vegetation and seasonal rhythms rather than streets and property lines. | |||
The Situationists proposed the dérive as a way of resisting the functional city. AUGURY GRID asks a similar question: what if we drift according to another species? Using live citizen-science bird sightings, the installation generates walking routes drawn by birds rather than planners. It does not revive augury as a method of prophecy, but as a method of perception-inviting participants to discover another way of reading the city. | |||
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=== Exhibition Documentation === | |||
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=== References === | |||
<small>Bond, S. (2024, October 2). ''Mapping the Sky: Roman Augury in the Classroom — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW''. ANCIENT JEW REVIEW. <nowiki>https://www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2024/10/1/mapping-the-sky-roman-augury-in-the-classroom</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Classicsvic. (2022, August 19). ''The Most Sacred Birds: Explaining the vulture’s significance in Roman augury''. Classical Association of Victoria. <nowiki>https://classicsvic.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/the-most-sacred-birds-explaining-the-vultures-significance-in-roman-augury/</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Debord, G. (1957). Report on the construction of situations and on the conditions of the Situationist International tendency. In K. Knabb (Ed. & Trans.), ''Situationist International anthology'' (pp. 25–43). PM Press. (Original work published 1957) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5</small> | |||
<small>''DISPERSALS — Jessica J. Lee''. (n.d.). Jessica J. Lee. <nowiki>https://www.jessicajleewrites.com/dispersals</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Fabrizi, M. (2018, February 9). Pirro Ligorio’s “Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago” (Image of the Ancient. . . ''SOCKS''. <nowiki>https://socks-studio.com/2016/03/13/pirro-ligorios-antiquae-urbis-romae-imago-image-of-the-ancient-city-of-rome-1561/</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>GOOD Magazine. (2007, April 18). ''GOOD Magazine: Natalie Jeremijenko'' [Video]. YouTube. <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AyjQEgjhGc</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Jeremijenko, N. (2010, October 14). ''The art of the eco-mindshift'' [Video]. TED Talks. <nowiki>https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_jeremijenko_the_art_of_the_eco_mindshift</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Maier, J. (2020). ''The Eternal City: A history of Rome in maps''. The University of Chicago Press. <nowiki>https://press.uchicago.edu/dam/ucp/books/pdf/9780226591452_Maier_Eternal_City_excerpt.pdf</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>''Mantıku’t-tayr: Kuş dili - Feridüddin Attar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive''. (2018, August 6). Internet Archive. <nowiki>https://archive.org/details/Mantkut-tayrKuDili-FeridddinAttar/page/n7/mode/2up</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Mancebo, I. G. (n.d.). ''Romulus and Remus - The founding of Rome''. <nowiki>https://www.rome.net/romulus-and-remus</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Montgomerie, B., & Montgomerie, B. (2019, August 15). ''The Sacred Sacred Ibis''. American Ornithological Society. <nowiki>https://americanornithology.org/the-sacred-sacred-ibis/</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Paideia Media. (2023, July 28). ''Ashleigh Green | Birds in Roman Life and Myth | Paideia Institute Online Lecture'' [Video]. YouTube. <nowiki>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTds5WClorY</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Salingaros, N. A. (2016). THE PATTERNS OF ARCHITECTURE. In Lynda Burke, Randy Sovich, and Craig Purcell (Ed.), ''T3XTURE No. 3'' (pp. 7–24). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. <nowiki>https://patterns.architexturez.net/system/files/salingaros-the-patterns-of-architecture-t3xture.pdf</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 10). ''Via Pontica''. Wikipedia. <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Pontica</nowiki></small> | |||
<small>Wikipedia contributors. (2026, March 30). ''Augury''. Wikipedia. <nowiki>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augury</nowiki></small> | |||
Latest revision as of 14:45, 29 September 2026
21.04.2026 - Previous Works and The Initial Idea
File:Melisa - Introduction.pdf
Augury Grid
For thousands of years, humans looked up before they looked down. Birds were not simply part of the landscape. they were a way of reading it. Across cultures, their movements shaped decisions about where cities should be founded and how people should inhabit the land.
Rome was founded through Augury, where vultures determined the city's site. The Aztecs built Tenochtitlan where an eagle landed on a cactus with a serpent in its beak. Along the Nile, the sacred ibis traced the rhythms of flood, agriculture and settlement. Birds did not predict the future; they revealed patterns within the world. Today, these practices have been replaced by the logic of zoning, efficiency and commercial value in architecture and urban design. Cities are planned to optimise movement, leaving little room for uncertainty, observation or wandering.
The Sciences of the Imprecise (by Abraham Moles) reminds us that not all knowledge comes from precision or measurement. Some patterns can only be understood through careful observation. Birds still read the city differently; they follow thermals, waterways, vegetation and seasonal rhythms rather than streets and property lines.
The Situationists proposed the dérive as a way of resisting the functional city. AUGURY GRID asks a similar question: what if we drift according to another species? Using live citizen-science bird sightings, the installation generates walking routes drawn by birds rather than planners. It does not revive augury as a method of prophecy, but as a method of perception-inviting participants to discover another way of reading the city.
Exhibition Documentation
References
Bond, S. (2024, October 2). Mapping the Sky: Roman Augury in the Classroom — ANCIENT JEW REVIEW. ANCIENT JEW REVIEW. https://www.ancientjewreview.com/read/2024/10/1/mapping-the-sky-roman-augury-in-the-classroom
Classicsvic. (2022, August 19). The Most Sacred Birds: Explaining the vulture’s significance in Roman augury. Classical Association of Victoria. https://classicsvic.wordpress.com/2022/08/19/the-most-sacred-birds-explaining-the-vultures-significance-in-roman-augury/
Debord, G. (1957). Report on the construction of situations and on the conditions of the Situationist International tendency. In K. Knabb (Ed. & Trans.), Situationist International anthology (pp. 25–43). PM Press. (Original work published 1957) [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
DISPERSALS — Jessica J. Lee. (n.d.). Jessica J. Lee. https://www.jessicajleewrites.com/dispersals
Fabrizi, M. (2018, February 9). Pirro Ligorio’s “Antiquae Urbis Romae Imago” (Image of the Ancient. . . SOCKS. https://socks-studio.com/2016/03/13/pirro-ligorios-antiquae-urbis-romae-imago-image-of-the-ancient-city-of-rome-1561/
GOOD Magazine. (2007, April 18). GOOD Magazine: Natalie Jeremijenko [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AyjQEgjhGc
Jeremijenko, N. (2010, October 14). The art of the eco-mindshift [Video]. TED Talks. https://www.ted.com/talks/natalie_jeremijenko_the_art_of_the_eco_mindshift
Maier, J. (2020). The Eternal City: A history of Rome in maps. The University of Chicago Press. https://press.uchicago.edu/dam/ucp/books/pdf/9780226591452_Maier_Eternal_City_excerpt.pdf
Mantıku’t-tayr: Kuş dili - Feridüddin Attar : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. (2018, August 6). Internet Archive. https://archive.org/details/Mantkut-tayrKuDili-FeridddinAttar/page/n7/mode/2up
Mancebo, I. G. (n.d.). Romulus and Remus - The founding of Rome. https://www.rome.net/romulus-and-remus
Montgomerie, B., & Montgomerie, B. (2019, August 15). The Sacred Sacred Ibis. American Ornithological Society. https://americanornithology.org/the-sacred-sacred-ibis/
Paideia Media. (2023, July 28). Ashleigh Green | Birds in Roman Life and Myth | Paideia Institute Online Lecture [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTds5WClorY
Salingaros, N. A. (2016). THE PATTERNS OF ARCHITECTURE. In Lynda Burke, Randy Sovich, and Craig Purcell (Ed.), T3XTURE No. 3 (pp. 7–24). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. https://patterns.architexturez.net/system/files/salingaros-the-patterns-of-architecture-t3xture.pdf
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, February 10). Via Pontica. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_Pontica
Wikipedia contributors. (2026, March 30). Augury. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augury