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17-25 October 2026

Un_muting

CAN UNDERSTANDING NON-HUMAN COMMUNICATION HELP US WITH COLLABORATIVE SURVIVAL IN THE AGE OF THE ANTHROPOCENE

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This project is now archived and was part of DDW20

This project is part of
Graduation Show - Social Design
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Installation with tree portrait
Installation with tree portrait
Photoshoot by Iris Rijskamp
Tangled in our everyday lives, we seem to sink in capitalism. With the increase in our advantage as a species, our connection with nature and trees became looser and eventually enough to lose our bond.
un_muting is exploring a possible union of tree, human and technology, without overcoming the essence of the tree. The core premise of the project is to get rid of the utilitarian approach to trees, and instead consider listening to them. In the proposal,
BigGAN representation of the tree
BigGAN representation of the tree
Karolina Mętrak
Capturing intertree communication
Capturing intertree communication
Karolina Metrak

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Design Academy Eindhoven
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