The Spaceship explores the future of human and non-human coexistence, emphasizing interspecies cooperation for planetary conservation and transformation. Featuring five different projects, it merges art and science to propose sustainable solutions. Housed in a dynamic, inflatable space, it embodies hope and innovation.
How can interspecies coexistence contribute to the future of both human and non-human life on Earth? This multidisciplinary exhibition illustrates how interspecies cooperation and innovative thinking can pave the way for a hopeful, sustainable future, aligning perfectly with the festival’s theme by presenting innovative projects that instill hope through practical, empathetic and sustainable solutions.
Visitors will encounter diverse projects by various artists. The Radiotrophic Sanctuary explores the cooperation between fungi and humans, using radiotrophic fungi to protect against radiation. The Marine Research Vessel showcases self-sufficient marine stations promoting coral growth and biodiversity through renewable energy. Symbiocene delves into interspecific cooperation, while Toasted Furniture transforms recycled plastic into durable furniture. Additionally, Share-ploring Spatial Audio offers a forum for exploring spatial audio technologies.
The exhibition challenges growth-centric narratives, advocating for degrowth and empathetic living. It addresses urgent ecological issues, emphasizing sustainable practices and non-exploitative economies and highlights innovative technologies and sustainable practices that propose alternative futures by merging art and science.
The exhibition is housed in a futuristic, inflatable space designed by architect Luka Murovec. This spaceship-like structure, adaptable and dynamic, offers a unique environment for displaying the project.
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Krater Feral Future Fortune Forecast
Krater Collective (Danica Sretenović, Andrej Koruza, Gaja Mežnarić Osole, Amadeja Smrekar) (SI/YU/INT)
As Krater Collective operates on unstable urban grounds, they ask visitors to engage in fortune telling to envision survival tactics for its endangered multispecies community.
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Marine Vessel
Marko Vivoda (SI)
The audience sees a prototype featuring four aquariums with electrolysis, samples of varied materials and a system for potentially collecting oxygen and hydrogen. The prototype showcases self-growing building material, raising awareness of interspecies co-existence, renewable energy and self-sustainability.
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Radiotrophic Sanctuary
Saša Spačal (SI)
The Radiotrophic Sanctuary is an embodied infrastructure for interspecific cooperation in which a unique ecosystem is being established with the purpose of connecting and supporting at least two biological species, i.e. fungi and humans. We have opted for radiotrophic fungi, which have the ability to protect the visitors from radiation, as well as species of…
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Toasted Furniture
Nina Mršnik (SI)
In search of the perfect production process Toasted Furniture is a research project about a self-made production operation. We built DIY machines that “toast” plastic waste into panels from which we make objects. Each step of the process is a constant work in progress that we question all the time, starting from the plastic waste…
Kulturno izobraževalno društvo PiNA (SI)
PiNA has 25 years of experience as a producer in the field of intermedia. Since 2003, it has been organizing the Festival IZIS, which builds a sense of community ownership and contributes to the exploration of the impact of technology on society. PiNA is also the proud owner of the HEKA Art & Science Lab, whose mission is to create awareness of the impact that technology, art and the economy have on individuals and society. It also researches the human impact on the marine ecosystem and biomaterials.
Credits
Marko Vivoda, Saša Spačal, Luka Murovec, Nina Mršnik, Andrej Koruza, Gaja Meznaric Osole, Danica Sretenovic
