Can we redefine the role and position of humans in relation to the environment and other species? Can we imagine a world where the human narrative about the world does not dominate but harmonizes with all other non-human perceptions, sensations, and experiences?
The event we propose is about building together alternative communities of the future.
“Eco-Sensoriality. Paths for Communities of the Future.” envisions a world untouched and consequently unexploited by humans. A planet where plants, minerals, and animal kingdoms, exist, grow, and develop outside the devastating consequences of global warming and pollution. The communities of the future are built based on reconnecting and training the senses, both individually and as a group, with the desire to develop new languages of communication, where the predominant feeling is empathy and openness to experiencing the world through the other, understood as a broad spectrum of species.
The installation consists of a VR creation, sound design, eco-performance, object installation, robotics, and sensors that will immerse participants in a journey of the senses, in an attempt to imagine together the future and how some possible species might perceive it, appealing to the emotional memory of the inhabitants of the Jiu Valley.
Alina Tofan (project initiator / Artistic Director and artistic research),
Vladislav Calestru (concept & creation of immersive eco-sensorial installation),
Jørgen J. Jenssen (trainer of eco-community workshops, concept & creation of immersive eco-sensorial installation),
Ioana Buraga (graphic designer & new media/sound designer),
Alexandru Claudiu Maxim (VR experience creator),
Miruna Croitoru (scenographer/visual artist)
hosted by: Casa Ianza, Petroșani, nJoy pub, Bucharest
developed under cultural project ”ecosensoriality: paths for comunities of the future,” 2024
