Firefly Project
Nuria Pérez Cabrero – Spanish
Sem Fernández Varela – Spanish
For centuries University has been imprison between four walls; learning was linked to a norm, a dull convention that also implied to have enough means, only in disposal of a minority of the population. Complete equality is difficult in a human world, however transferring learning to a truly public experience may mean something.
Benches are the most basic and universal elements of urban furniture, places to pause and get lost in your own thoughts, they become a constant part in the background of your life. A bench generates activity in its surroundings: from your playful tender years, through your teen meeting chats until you reach the age when you enjoy the simplicity in staring people passing by.
This summarize the reasons why our revolutionary devices are attached to them. Small lights floating in the air, anywhere in the world, amplifying the reach of knowledge and education for anyone willing to learn.
Fireflies are the seeds from which an alternative learning scenography will flourish. A closely studied and complex programme will favour both, professors’ teachings and individual initiatives. Technology and human cooperation, working together will transform urban space into The University.