Dusts / о Пылях
https://dusts.space/
Alisa Verbina (RU) | Selbi Jumayeva (TM) | Dmitrii Aparin (RU)
Dirt or displaced matter? A third of the Earth’s terrestrial area will be subject to drier conditions due to hotter temperatures and changing precipitation patterns. The largest areas with high dust intensities are in the Northern Hemisphere, a broad dust belt that extends from the west coast of North Africa, over the Middle East, Central and South Asia, to China. Terrestrially, dust and sandstorm-derived microbiota contain a spectacular diversity of bacteria, viruses, and fungi feeding on – and cohabiting with – each other. Industrial processes drive an increasing amount of circulating dust in the atmosphere, complicating greenhouse gas-driven anthropogenic global warming. The properties and functions of dust are entangled with human activities and effects on Earth, as co-producing and active agents of planetary ecosystems within larger interplanetary dynamics. From 2015 to 2018, Deinococcus radiodurans – a bacteria known for its extraordinary capacity to survive high levels of radiation – was exposed to extraterrestrial conditions outside of the International Space Station, and did not exhibit any lasting damage. It is inevitable that the level of microorganism transportation and delivery to extraterrestrial space will in perpetuity exceed those of intended human species. While the theory of panspermia is still debated, panspermian logic outlines how omnipresent dust is vital to planets and central to planetarity.
Credits:
The project was developed during The Terraforming 2021 at the Strelka Institute for Media, Architecture and Design in Moscow, Russia
https://theterraforming.strelka.com/
Project team: Alisa Verbina, Selbi Jumayeva, Dmitrii Aparin
Program Directors: Benjamin H. Bratton, Nicolay Boyadjiev
Additional Credits:
Sound design: Darria Driamina, Stas Khaydarov
Thanks to: Nico Alexandroff, Dmitrii Aparin, Maksat Babayev, Merve Bedir, Ryan Bishop, Vladimir Esenin, Sona Gasparyan, Alena Ivanova, Adonis Leboho, Lukas Likavcan, Aigerim Kapar, Timur Karpov, Ed Keller, Nazira Kozhanova, Metahaven, Dana Molzhigit, Robert Pietrusko, Xena Poleshuk, Dasha Silkina, Liam Young, Kamila Zakhidova
TTF 2021 – Dusts