AN ECOLOGICAL VISION IS THE INSTINCTIVE FASCINATION WITH THE WEB THAT RUNS JUST BELOW OUR PERCEPTION. IT IS NOT UNDERSTANDING OR EVEN PRETENDING TO UNDERSTAND THIS WEB OF RELATIONSHIPS, LOOKING DOWN ON IT.
IT IS MORE LIKE FEELING WARM IN THEIR WOMB, SEED, SHELL, OR BULB.

THANKS TO ABSTRACTIONS, WE HAVE LEARNT TO WISELY CONCEAL THESE LINKS. FTER ALL, WE HAVE SEVERED THEM FOR CONVENIENCE, SACRIFICED THEM FOR OUR EVOLUTION AND OUR TECHNOLOGIES. WE BURIED THEM UNDER SMOOTH, SATIN-FINISHED, POLISHED, CLEAN SURFACES.
FAR FROM MOISTURE, DIRT AND DECAY, IT IS EASY TO FEEL SAFE.

BUT WHY RESIST? WHY STRIVE TO HIDE? WHAT WOULD REALLY HAPPEN IF WE LET THE ORGANIC INVADE THE SYNTHETIC, THE PHYSICAL BODY THE DIGITAL, AND THE WET THE
HYGIENIC?

GAIA EXPLORES THE POSSIBILITIES OF AN ALTERNATIVE EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS, IN WHICH TECHNOLOGIES ARE DESIGNED FROM THE GROUND UP TO COEXIST WITH THE NATURAL SUBJECT ON WHICH THEY DEPEND FOR THEIR VERY EXISTENCE RATHER THAN OPPOSE IT.
THE TECHNOLOGICAL INTERFACE IS NO LONGER AN ISOLATED EDEN, BUT PART OF A SYSTEM OF SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIPS, WHERE THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL OR NATURAL BECOMES OPAQUE.
THE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION IS AN ODE TO THE COLLAPSE OF THESE BARRIERS AND AN INVITATION TO EXPERIENCE HYBRID SCENARIOS.


GAIA HAS BEEN PRESENTED AT 
DESIGN DIALOGUES IN BARCELONA (ES) AND APPARTENENZE V3 IN CESENATICO (IT).