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I've been interested in the cycle of everything, from nature to industry and back to nature, through organic matter to ideas. The cycle of carbon, for instance, this elementary atom of every organic molecule, of sugar, of gas, of petroleum etc. Thanks to the work done by bacteria and plants, carbon passes through every process in nature. And thanks to these processes humans take the energy needed for their activities. We are basically // | I've been interested in the cycle of everything, from nature to industry and back to nature, through organic matter to ideas. The cycle of carbon, for instance, this elementary atom of every organic molecule, of sugar, of gas, of petroleum etc. Thanks to the work done by bacteria and plants, carbon passes through every process in nature. And thanks to these processes humans take the energy needed for their activities. We are basically // | ||
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A great deal of our civilization' | A great deal of our civilization' | ||
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An American architect, William McDonough and an Austrian chemist Michael Braumgart have devised the [[Cradle to cradle]] design, which proposes the transformation of things just like as we learned in Physics, with the Law of the Conservation of Energy (" | An American architect, William McDonough and an Austrian chemist Michael Braumgart have devised the [[Cradle to cradle]] design, which proposes the transformation of things just like as we learned in Physics, with the Law of the Conservation of Energy (" | ||
+ | **Autopoiesis** | ||
- | **HUMAN CULTURES** | + | 15/02 |
- | In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. | + | Another figure we must mention is [[Humberto Maturana]], biologist and philosopher, |
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+ | In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. This research addresses all living beings in the planet. | ||
http:// | http:// | ||
- | Based on the **Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth** (http:// | + | Based on the **Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth** (http:// |
- | ) I'm working on the idea of humans becoming more useful for the environment, | + | |
- | Another interesting idea comes from [[Humberto Maturana]], biologist and philosopher, | + | |
+ | **Humans as producers** | ||
Inspired by how much we can learn from plant systems, I listed a number of principles from plant universe which could be used for re-designing the human body and human relations: | Inspired by how much we can learn from plant systems, I listed a number of principles from plant universe which could be used for re-designing the human body and human relations: | ||
- | Efficiency - 0% waste | + | - Efficiency - 0% waste |
- | Survival strategies - Endless; such as self-defense or being beautiful to attract the right agents. | + | |
- | Live network - sharing nutrients, signals and physical structures | + | |
- | No private property - hosting other life forms | + | |
- | Moving both up, towards light and down, towards earth | + | |
- | Spread and replicate as much as possible | + | |
- | Produce for the near and the far future | + | |
- | After this list I made up an exercise using the people at the groWorld research, for reflecting on human connections, | + | |
+ | ===Connecting people=== | ||
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+ | After working on basic plants principles, listed above, | ||
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+ | I still don't know what will be outcome of this research. I thought of an animation after the series of pictures above. I think as well of some educational work that can be proposed as a game, a living installation, | ||
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+ | ===ARTWORKS THAT MIGHT INSPIRE YOU TOO=== | ||
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+ | Speaking of participatory artworks, we have to recall Joseph Beuys' | ||
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+ | Another recent and related participatory project, was the **sunflower seeds** installation by Ai Wei Wei for the Tate Modern in London, 2010. He built a huge network of porcelain craftsmen in order to produce millions of fake sunflower seeds. He addressed the problem of (un)employment in China, reviving an old technique for centuries mastered by Chinese, the porcelain, while using a symbol of the Maoist times, the sunflower seed. Wei Wei created a massive landscape inside Tate's Turbine Hall after bringing the seeds from China. I had the fortunate chance to visit the installation last year and I was really touched by the project. The process is beautifully documented in a 15 minutes video: http:// | ||
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+ | === Mark Manders, Dutch artist on plants=== 19/02 | ||
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