DRIVING THE HUMAN: 7 APPROACHES TO ECO-SOCIAL RENEWAL

Looking back at the mentorship event in Munich.

Explore the seven prototypes for Eco-social Renewal

The prototypes will be developed throughout 2022, and presented in Berlin on 25-27 November.

Looking back at our latest event in Berlin

From October 15–17, 2021, Driving the Human: 21 Visions for Eco-social Renewal brought together innovative proposals under one roof.

What is Driving the Human?

Know more about the 3 year project, its ambitions and timeline.

PLANTS AS LANGUAGE, HUMANS AS SEEDS

Initiated by Vincent Rumahloine and Mang Dian in Bandung, Western Indonesia, Sedekah Benih is a platform for knowledge exchange, focussing on bridging scientific and community knowledge by using seeds as vessels of ecological intelligence.

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ON PROTOTYPING AN AMBIENT LIVING INTELLIGENCE

“ALI” is an Ambient Living Intelligence, a sensor prototype currently developed by Anne-Sofie Belling, Bea Delgado Corrales, Romy Kaiser, and Paula Nerlich, who imagine the future of human bacteria communication as integrated within our homes.

SENSORY BIRD ROUTES

Hyeseon Jeong and Seongmin Yuk speculate on the possible implications of bird tracking technologies, from examining the data of migratory routes through an apocalyptic sci-fi lens, towards an allegorical mapping of the bird worlds they follow.

ELECTRONIC GIZMOS THROUGH NETWORKS OF DESIRE, MINING AND WASTE

In conversation with Akwasi Bediako Afrane, we discussed the circulation of electronic devices, their environmental impact and how he is tracing relationships between humans and machines through his TRONS.

FORESTS OF INDIGENOUS LIFE CYCLES AND HISTORIES OF DISPLACEMENT

Eliana Otta contextualises her project Virtual Sanctuary for Fertilizing Mourning, a virtual space collaboratively built with the Peruvian communities Nuevo Amanecer Hawai, Unipacuyacu, Puerto Nuevo and Sinchi Roca, to learn about their assassinated leaders, and their threatened territories.

GRASPING LANDSCAPE THROUGH RELATIONSHIPS, SENSORY BODIES AND MOVEMENT

Following the presentation of Monsters and Ghosts of the Far North last October in Berlin, Andra Pop-Jurij and Lena Geerts Danau discuss how their project allows for a different connection to the messy, disorienting present we’re entangled in, alongside many nonhuman actors.

ECOSYSTEMS OF ALGORITHMIC FICTIONS

In a conversation with artist Iris Qu曲晓宇, author of Do AIs Dream of Climate Chaos, we speak about futuristic fictions through the lens of AI agents and the physical locations of algorithms.

REVISITING THE 2021 FESTIVAL: DAY 1

From October 15–17, 2021, Driving the Human: 21 Visions for Eco-social Renewal brought together innovative proposals under one roof at radialsystem in Berlin, and online.

REVISITING THE 2021 FESTIVAL: DAY 2

The second day of the 2021 event offered the audience tours, discussions, and many exchanges at Radialsystem in Berlin, accompanied by a live broadcast to a worldwide public that is now available.

REVISITING THE 2021 FESTIVAL: DAY 3

The full discussions, performances and screenings that took place on the last day of the 2021 Berlin can be rewatched here.

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“WE HOPE TO IMAGINE FUTURES IN THE DYNAMIC LANDSCAPES OF THE ARCTIC”

alternaA (Andra Pop-Jurj and Lena Geerts Danau) share more details about their project, Monsters and Ghosts of the Far North, which departs from the spatial manifestations of the social, economic, and geopolitical conflicts in the Arctic region caused by environmental degradation.

"By sharing traditional ecological knowledge using different media, many people can learn"

"By sharing traditional ecological knowledge using different media, many people can learn"

Taking a deeper look at Sedekah Benih, a collaborative project between artist Vincent Rumahloine and environmental activist Mang Dian.

"Seismic disaster myths reflect our past thoughts about the power of nature and non-human agencies"

"Seismic disaster myths reflect our past thoughts about the power of nature and non-human agencies"

We talk to Hyeseon Jeong, who (together with Seongmin Yuk) developed The Backpack of Wings: Modern Mythology project, which explores speculative future scenarios of collisions and integrations between a bio-geo tracking technology for wild animals in scientific fields, and an animism in seismic disaster myth in East Asia.

"The knowledge of Amazonian people offers alternatives to the civilizational crisis we live in"

"The knowledge of Amazonian people offers alternatives to the civilizational crisis we live in"

Eliana Otta offers more details about her concept Virtual Sanctuary for Fertilizing Mourning, a virtual space to commemorate the deaths of Indigenous leaders assassinated in Peru.

"What if artificial intelligence becomes conscious, autonomous beings?"

Computer programmer, technologist, and artist Iris Qu 曲晓宇 discusses her project Do AIs Dream of Climate Chaos.

"The maturity of my projects has depended on how I incorporate or merge with other disciplines”

"The maturity of my projects has depended on how I incorporate or merge with other disciplines”

Akwasi Bediako Afrane discusses TRONS ‘R’ US, a project that investigates the relationship between humans, technology and our environment.

"This ALI prototype will introduce challenging new approaches to designing living intelligence through biodesign"

"This ALI prototype will introduce challenging new approaches to designing living intelligence through biodesign"

Developed by Anne-Sofie Belling, Bea Delgado Corrales, Romy Kaiser and Paula Nerlich, Human-Bacteria Interfaces introduces the novel concept of human-bacteria interfaces within the context of the built environment.