Seambiotic hacking (2022)
In collaboration with Marieke Leene, Radisav Stijović, Karolina Thakker
Exhibited as part of the the festival “Worlding the Hydrosphere” in Pula, Croatia
The inevitable failure of large-scale surveillance systems has led to the decentralisation of power. To save Mediterranean Sea life, groups of activists have begun to augment themselves and other species. The breakthroughs in bioengineering increased the availability of open source tools and resources resulting in the rise of DIY solutions. People have begun to use that technology to connect with nature, but as it progressed they developed ideas on how to use it for quick financial benefits, crime, fun or use their bodies as canvas highlighting the environmental imbalance. Others helped nature to fight back culminating in some of the sea life regaining power. The sea (h)activists are still a small community and their unregulated ways of working clash with the governmental institutions and corporations.
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We lose faith in authorities to protect us from environmental damage, should we take the powers into our own hands?
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Photos and video credits : Radisav Stijović
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