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  • Beyond dust: Amplifying microbial temporalities as an archive of spatialized time and temporalized space

Ramirez-Figueroa, Carolina, Nevin, Antony, Selby, Laura, Orme, Campbell and Aldridge, Neil Crispin, 2025, Journal Article, Beyond dust: Amplifying microbial temporalities as an archive of spatialized time and temporalized space Materia Arquitectura, 28. pp. 140-157. ISSN 2735-7503

Abstract or Description:

This paper explores dust as a living, nonhuman archive that resists containment within traditional archival systems. Through the practice of un-cleaning, we engage with microbial temporalities via dust collection, culturing, immersive sound, and virtual reality. Set in the Royal College of Art’s Kensington Library, the project unfolds as an embodied VR experience–a speculative journey through the temporal rhythms of dust. Sound operates as a temporal contaminant: ambient, layered, and distorted, it amplifies microbial patterns beyond human perception. Dust emerges as a parallel archive–ambient, persistent, and speculative–inviting participants to drift through more-than-human temporalities and imagine alternative modes of sensing, memory, and design.

Subjects: Architecture > K100 Architecture
Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W210 Graphic Design > W212 Multimedia Design
Other > Technologies > J900 Others in Technology > J990 Technologies not elsewhere classified
School or Centre: School of Communication
Other
Identification Number or DOI: 10.56255/ma.vi28.621
Uncontrolled Keywords: Biodesign, Microbial temporality, Sonic contamination, More-than-human archives, Interspecies entanglements
Date Deposited: 06 Feb 2026 11:27
Last Modified: 09 Feb 2026 00:05
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6834
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