Amidst recent modern technologies that often separate us from organic processes, we find ourselves returning to a fundamental question: How might we forge more attentive relationships with the microscopic worlds that sustain us?
Web of Care invites visitors into contemplative engagement with living systems typically invisible to us. Through subtle interplays of sound (of traditional Japanese Gagaku music) and biological activity, it reimagines technological interventions as bridges rather than barriers between species.
Micro Orchestrism creates a ritual space where human and microbial temporalities intersect. Inspired by traditional sake brewing practices, this installation positions fermentation as both ancient technology and collaborative art form. As bubbles rise through fermenting sake—visible evidence of microbial respiration—their patterns are translated into layered evolving music in the environment.
This work challenges conventional hierarchies between organism and environment, creator and created. By amplifying microbial activity into audible form, it asks us to reconsider agency beyond human scales and to recognize the continuous exchanges that constitute all living systems.
We often overlook sophisticated biotechnologies that have sustained human cultures for millennia. This exhibition suggests art-technology-society relationships might be found not only in digital innovation, but in renewed attention to living processes that speak to us.
