ATTUNEMENT
TO THE OCEAN
FIELD STUDY ON
UNDERWATER METHODS
Together with the biologist Anja Wegner from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior - Jordan Lab, I spent a first field season at the marine research station STARESO in Calvi (Corsica, FR). We developed an incomplete guide for underwater field methods between design research and marine biology, which we presented in our joint publication «Attunement to the Ocean. Underwater methods between design research and marine biology.» at the Swiss Design Network Conference 2022. The objective is to explore forms of environmental adaptation to the ocean through scuba diving and experimental field methods between design research, anthropology and marine biology. In addition, I have built a first autonomous biorock prototype made of conductive steel threads and solar panels. On these filigree conductive meshes, limestone slowly accumulates and provides a habitat for pioneering marine organisms. The study serves as a basis for the installation of long-term underwater prototypes for mineral accretion in rapidly changing, anthropogenically influenced marine environments.
CREDITS: rasaweber.com. Photo: Rasa Weber. Diver: Anja Wegner. Sculpture: Superflex, Location: STARESO (FR) 2022.
Credits:
Design & Research: Rasa Weber
Date: June 2022
Location: STARESO, Pointe de la Revellata
Corsica (FR)
Interview: Anja Wegner
Prof. Dr. Michael Taborsky
Biorock technique: Thomas Goreau
Wolf Hilbertz
Collaborators: Zurich University of the Arts
Linz University of Art and Design
Matters of Activity -
Cluster of Excellence
Humboldt University of Berlin
Jordan Lab - Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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SYMBIOCEAN
DESIGN & RESEARCH Rasa Weber
HOSTING UNIVERSITY Zurich University of the Arts &
University of Art and Design Linz
SUPERVISORS Karmen Franinović (Interaction Design) &
Karin Harrasser (Cultural Studies)
RESEARCH ASSOC. Matters of Activity. Cluster of Excellence I Humboldt University of Berlin
COLLABORATORS Jordan Lab I Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour
STARESO: Station de Recherche Océanographiques et sous-marines I Calvi (FR)
TBA 21: Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary
BLUE: Multispecies Ethnographies for Oceans in Crisis (Aarhus University)
EXTENDED
COLLABORATORS Polynesian Institute for Biomimicry (FR) I François Briant
Paraiso Dive Center (COL) I José Uparela
Curaçao Divers (ANT) I Mike Duss
Global Coral Reef Alliance I Prof. Dr. Thomas Goreau
Andry Carrasquilla - design (COL)
Ofelia & Jaime Torres - artisanal craft (COL)
Anja Wegner - marine biology (DE)
RESEARCH PROJECT INTERFACING THE OCEAN - Swiss National Science Fund
Zurich University of the Arts I
Interaction
Design
interactiondesign.zhdk.ch/projekte/interfacing-the-ocean/
RESEARCH PERIOD Since 2022 ongoing.
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