If profound intractable problems exist in society, it follows that the professions needed to fix them have not yet been invented.

Ian Wojtowicz (he/him) is a writer who builds stuff. His work applies techniques of connection, dissensus, modifiability, playfulness, editing, argument, dialogue, and repair.

He has shown work in Hong Kong, Europe and throughout North America, and has published work in Wired Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, and on PBS and Discovery channels. Professionally, Wojtowicz has consulted for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the US National Coast Guard Museum, the Redwoods National and State Parks, and indigenous cultural projects at Nk'Mip and Wanuskewin.

Wojtowicz holds a degree in Art, Culture and Technology from MIT’s School of Architecture and is the editor of a collected volume from MIT Press entitled Interrogative Design, on artist Krzysztof Wodiczko's influential design philosophy.

He currently lives and works in Vancouver, Canada, on the territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh people.



B'Seder

B'Seder

Current Work $1800

Visual social medium for Polish and Jewish communities

Interrogative Design

Interrogative Design

2024

Book on public art & design

Mirror Shulhanot

Mirror Shulhanot

2020

A system for cultural dialog

Other Interpretations

Other Interpretations

2020

AR app that does one thing

New Nigeria

New Nigeria

2018

A response to climate change

Native Senate

Native Senate

2018

A reconciliation proposal

Service Temporarily Unavailable

Service Temporarily Unavailable

2017

Series on the invisibility of public suffering

Reef Hopper

Reef Hopper

2017

Fictional technology to respond to dying reefs

City Hall Sign

City Hall Sign

2016 $1000

Proposed modification to Vancouver City Hall

If We Sold This Church

If We Sold This Church

2016

Public projection commenting on reconciliation process

Booksellers

Booksellers

2016

Protest projection on the Chinese Consulate

Earth Doppler

Earth Doppler

2012 $50

Map of the growth and decline of cities around the world

The Oracle of Elsewhere

The Oracle of Elsewhere

2012

Live map of global news trends

UnFacebook World

UnFacebook World

2011 $50

Map of Facebook's global footprint

Organic Machine Group

Organic Machine Group

2011 $250

Research project on human/machine integration

The Betweeners

The Betweeners

2010 $500

Portrait of Montreal's most important, least known people

Oak

Oak

2007 $1500

Storytelling device

Airport Blink

Airport Blink

2007

What a retinal scanner sees when it looks in your eye

CityGlobe

CityGlobe

2004 $250

Map of world cities

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