Cyanotribes

Dark Economies (Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super Nature and Global Environments)

Cyanotribes is a piece of visual research created for a group show which formed part of the Dark Economies research conference around the theme ‘Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global Environments’.

Based on research into cyanobacteria; the earliest forms of carbon based life, I have tried to reimagine how they could function in a new environment and how life could remerge following a total collapse of Planet Earths natural eco systems.

The intention is that this collection of visual speculation will tell the story of what the Earth could look like in a thousand or so years. We know homo sapiens are obliterating resources at an alarming rate and that the impact this is having on the natural world is becoming close to being irreversible. What happens if we continue on this trajectory? Will we eventually wipe ourselves out? If so, when and what will follow?