Technospheric Structure – my evolving digital system

I’ve been working on bringing clarity to my digital structure. It’s not the first time – and probably won’t be the last. My practice has outgrown older systems. The way I organise things hasn’t kept up with the way I work.

My work spans many fields. I move between performance, coding, sound, ritual, XR, robotics, and visual design. Each piece I create is a hybrid structure – a convergence of multiple technological and artistic layers. This makes the need for a system that doesn’t just store files, but reflects the way I create.

I’ve been mapping the actual components that go into production. Here’s an example of what that looks like right now:

# PERFORMANCE & CONCEPT
~/performance/scripts/         # Miro, Google Docs
~/performance/sessions/        # Induction forms, session flows

# AI & GENERATIVE MEDIA
~/ai/video/                    # LumaLabs, Sora, Runway, Kling, Kaliber, Hailu
~/ai/audio/                    # ElevenLabs, voice FX, etc
~/ai/text/                     # Prompts, realtime generation, ChatGPT, etc

# COSTUME & ARTEFACTS
~/costume/                     # Arduino setups, mask, cape, hat, headpiece 
~/instruments/                 # Drum, flute, bowl 
~/artefacts/                   # Senory objects, ASMR, shamanic tools, crystals

# CONTROL & INPUT
~/midi/gyroscope/              # Glover, Arduino, Bella, MicroBit
~/midi/controllers/            # RC-505, Millumin, Midi, DMX

# VISUALS & AUDIO
~/visuals/                     # Resolume, TouchDesigner, Premiere Pro etc 
~/audio/                       # Ableton Suite 12, Max for Live

# XR & VIRTUAL
~/xr/unity/                    # Quest builds, virtual stage, Blender etc
~/xr/assets/                   # LiDAR, 3D scans, environments, 3D-models

# SPECIAL FX
~/fx/                          # Scents, smoke, light, relay, wind, heat etc

# DOCUMENTATION
~/doc/video/                   # Cinema camera, livestream, ATEM Mini
~/doc/SoMe/                    # Behind-the-scenes, drawings, reflections

This is not a finished structure – it’s a snapshot. An evolving system that helps me stay oriented in the complexity. I’m still working to strike a balance between clarity and openness, building something that can adapt and evolve with the work without becoming rigid.

Right now, I’m organising my core directories like this:

00_PRODUCTIONS  → active and archived works (named with date and title)
01_EXPLORATIONS → experiments, prototypes, Unity, AI, sound sketches
02_MEDIA        → photos, video footage, sound, 3D assets, scans
03_ASSETS       → video clips, sound bits, renders, AI material
04_EXPORTS      → final exports (video, sound, stills, posters)

Most are named using _YYMMDD-Name

It helps me understand where something belongs in time and where it is in its process.

This journal entry is primarily for the benefit of remembering how I approached this at this particular moment. What worked. What was still being figured out? What patterns were emerging? What needed to change?

It’s a living structure – technospheric in nature – and it will continue to evolve.