In Edge City, we explore the maritime edges of Lisbon from the Ponte Vasco da Gama to the Ponte 25 de April near the Alcántara Docks. Operating at a crossover between cultural geography, video documentary and fiction, we interweave spatial, historical, social and political narratives to create an immaterial overlay to the city’s urban fabric. Through this, we tell a story of discovery, encounter and overwhelm.

The work itself consists of three parts. First, a live performance where we guide small groups of people along the maritime edges of the city, working en promenade to tell the story of Edge City throughout the opening weekend of the Lisbon Architecture Trienniale. Second, a video installation constructed on-site at the LX Factory in Lisbon. Installed for the duration of the Lisbon Architecture Trienniale, the 9-channel video installation allows visitors to experience the story of Edge City while looking out over a real-time panorama: the cityscape of Lisbon. Third, a mediated city walk consisting of a series of video downloads as well as a set of instructions leading one along the maritime edges of the city. Here participants are invited to stop at specific points along the journey and listen as the story of Edge City unfolds.

The work was developed for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2013, as part of the 'Close...Closer' associated projects selected by Triennale chief curater Beatrice Galilee.

https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/21191