Press material
- Press Release, 15th July 2009
- Download PDF files of the diagrams

- Interview for Rhizome portal. 2012
- Interview for Neural magazine. 2010

- Text The Flowchart. 2019
- Text Systems of Systems. 2019
- Text Social Algorithms. 2011

On sale
- Limited edition of five copies
- Digital Animation on S[Edition]

This triptych of flowcharts introduced the idea of algorithm thinking applied to social progress. In Open Society Structures, Cirio drew three flowcharts including a taxonomy of cultural, economic, and political conceptions outlining the flow of principles for an ideal society. This conceptual framework explored the shaping of the three main social structures of culture, politics, and economy, bringing together egalitarian values, collaborative perspectives, and edifying propositions. In this artwork the problem-solving attitude of the ethical hacker ethos was applied to social constructivism. These diagrams introduced the idea of organizing society like designing algorithms for operation systems and software. This work exemplified the artist’s proactive and progressive outlook, laying the foundation for the body of work Cirio would later develop throughout his career. Social theory, conceptual art, and unconventional visual strategies were integrated in this work. By analyzing social formations and ordering social principles, Cirio outlined economic, political, and cultural systems as a creative process which can contribute to the improvements of societal organization. The artworks composing the Open Society Structures triptych are made with digital graphics screen printed on panels of plexiglass. The two mounted layers of glossy black and the clear plexiglass simulate blackboards with process thinking drawings.