Can we trust our scientists? Is it wise of us to manipulate DNA-structures? Are we superior beings? What will be the consequences of us playing God? Is the ecosystem our playground, or should we take a step back and let nature do the work?
Client:
Framtiden i våre hender
Idea:
A digital ecosystem
In this concept we simulate an ecological system, not unlike the Garden of Eden, where the environment lives in harmony, until humans are allowed to participate in its evolution. People are allowed to play with digital organisms, and changes in the system will occure.
Why?
Humans manipulate their surroundings. We manipulate DNA, food, plants and animals.The consequences of this, is unknown. Scientists are creating their own organisms, and many people think this could be the key to solve big problems, such as providing food to the starving etc. But do we have enough knowledge? The goal of this project, is to give the receiver an awakening.
Online
The Ecosystem starts on the net, untouched and peaceful, until it’s discovered. In this way it will change drastically, expand and become lawless.
Webpage:
Trailer
A trailer drives around the country, with a big aquarium. Outside the trailer, there are computers, so that people may watch the digital ecosystem, at that very moment. The trailer drags its ecosystem along, and is also a mobile board, marketing the website.
The ecosystem closes down
When the ecosystem has been interfered for a while, based on what people have done with it, it will be closed down. It will be locked up inside a little computer, inside a box, with a monitor. Now its possible to watch this little world, and watch the universe trapped inside.
The seed bank
The 20th December of 2012, the process stops. This is the date that the Maya Indians predicted that the world would go through a change. The little box, will then be transported to the Global Seed Vault near Longyearbyen on the Norwegian island of Svalbard.
Credits: Martin Ødegaarden Henriksen, Johannes Rummelhoff
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