2015
Eugenia Bertulis
Canada
Posthuman-Centered Design
The design research project carried out at the NAHR residency is a response to the philosophical provocation that non-humans might have forms of agency. Human-centered design methods dominate industrial design practice today. How would a shift in epistemology from human-centered to more-than-human-centered design influence these research methods? What might it mean to ask a honeybee to give informed consent? What does a co-creative activity with a goat or a snail look like? How would one engage cheese culture in an ethnographic probe?
Eugenia Bertulis is an award-winning industrial designer teaching medical equipment design and digital part design at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is also doing PhD research at Simon Fraser University on plastic and plasticity as a philosophical model for ethical product design.
Canada
Posthuman-Centered Design
The design research project carried out at the NAHR residency is a response to the philosophical provocation that non-humans might have forms of agency. Human-centered design methods dominate industrial design practice today. How would a shift in epistemology from human-centered to more-than-human-centered design influence these research methods? What might it mean to ask a honeybee to give informed consent? What does a co-creative activity with a goat or a snail look like? How would one engage cheese culture in an ethnographic probe?
Eugenia Bertulis is an award-winning industrial designer teaching medical equipment design and digital part design at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. She is also doing PhD research at Simon Fraser University on plastic and plasticity as a philosophical model for ethical product design.
being in such a space, it sort of reminds you to pay more attention to things around you... being in a more natural environment, and connecting with the environment, to me is being able to focus more, even on myself and on the work, and to pay more to attention to the things around me and inside me (Mauro Sacchi, August 26th, 2020, NAH_Stories
Reference:
Sacchi, M. (2020, 26 August 2020) NAH_Stories: Mauro Sacchi/Interviewer: L. Coleman. NAH_Stories, Nature, Art & Habitat Residency.
Mauro Sacchi
[in collaboration with Yule Lin]
Italy
Were Here
Were Here is a multidisciplinary project, an exploration of the habitat of Sottochiesa, Taleggio, through live performance, video art, photography, and street art. WE make visible the presence/absence of the body - be it human, animal, alive or inanimate - in the natural and built environment, and its effects therein transforming the outer space it is in (or not), however ephemerally, it stimulates an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon there viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication, stimulating an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon the viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication.
Mauro Sacchi is an Italian performer and artist based in Taiwan. Together with Yule Lin, a Taiwanese performer, choreographer and video artist, they are WE Theater (a Company that Makes Stuff).
[in collaboration with Yule Lin]
Italy
Were Here
Were Here is a multidisciplinary project, an exploration of the habitat of Sottochiesa, Taleggio, through live performance, video art, photography, and street art. WE make visible the presence/absence of the body - be it human, animal, alive or inanimate - in the natural and built environment, and its effects therein transforming the outer space it is in (or not), however ephemerally, it stimulates an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon there viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication, stimulating an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon the viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication.
Mauro Sacchi is an Italian performer and artist based in Taiwan. Together with Yule Lin, a Taiwanese performer, choreographer and video artist, they are WE Theater (a Company that Makes Stuff).
Yule Lin
[in collaboration with Mauro Sacchi]
Taiwan
Were Here
Were Here is a multidisciplinary project, an exploration of the habitat of Sottochiesa, Taleggio, through live performance, video art, photography, and street art. WE make visible the presence/absence of the body - be it human, animal, alive or inanimate - in the natural and built environment, and its effects therein transforming the outer space it is in (or not), however ephemerally, it stimulates an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon there viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication, stimulating an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon the viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication.
YuHe (Bonnie) Lin is a Taiwanese performer, choreographer and video artist. Together with Mauro Sacchi, an Italian performer and artist, they are WE Theater (a Company that Makes Stuff).
[in collaboration with Mauro Sacchi]
Taiwan
Were Here
Were Here is a multidisciplinary project, an exploration of the habitat of Sottochiesa, Taleggio, through live performance, video art, photography, and street art. WE make visible the presence/absence of the body - be it human, animal, alive or inanimate - in the natural and built environment, and its effects therein transforming the outer space it is in (or not), however ephemerally, it stimulates an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon there viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication, stimulating an inner impression, a thought, a feeling upon the viewer. Here lies the possibility for communication.
YuHe (Bonnie) Lin is a Taiwanese performer, choreographer and video artist. Together with Mauro Sacchi, an Italian performer and artist, they are WE Theater (a Company that Makes Stuff).
It was an amazing feeling. NAHR gives me the first step on my professional biomimicry life.Reference:
Mónica Cohen (2020, 20 August 2020) NAH_Stories/Interviewer: Katie de Bari. NAH_Stories, Nature, Art & Habitat Residency.
Monica Cohen
Argentina
INSPERIENCE, The labyrinth of the senses through emotions
INSPERIENCE is an experience of self-transformation. This biophilic experiential project intends to change the harmful impact on our shared environment through an experience of senses. It takes place in virtual spaces that invite locals and tourists to increase their awareness on the pre-existent system of communication between human beings and nature. INSPERIENCE proposes an emulation of the system of communication between plants, fungi and insects that belong to the natural ecosystem of the Orobie Alps.
Monica Cohen is an Architect and Certified Biomimicry Specialist. Born in Argentina and founder of "Biomimicry Argentina Network," she works with organizations on special projects to create a new approach with innovations inspired by nature.
Argentina
INSPERIENCE, The labyrinth of the senses through emotions
INSPERIENCE is an experience of self-transformation. This biophilic experiential project intends to change the harmful impact on our shared environment through an experience of senses. It takes place in virtual spaces that invite locals and tourists to increase their awareness on the pre-existent system of communication between human beings and nature. INSPERIENCE proposes an emulation of the system of communication between plants, fungi and insects that belong to the natural ecosystem of the Orobie Alps.
Monica Cohen is an Architect and Certified Biomimicry Specialist. Born in Argentina and founder of "Biomimicry Argentina Network," she works with organizations on special projects to create a new approach with innovations inspired by nature.
Christopher Norman
United States
1760, a porous wall in Val Taleggio
The Spanish Dukedom of Milan and the Republic of Venice divided the Taleggio Valley and marked the agreement with a series of steal known as Termenu. Today, the Termini are beautiful sculptural pieces worth visiting and understanding. The project present the experiences of getting to know the Termini through maps and photographs.
Christopher Norman graduated at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, California, and is practicing residential architecture in Los Angeles.
United States
1760, a porous wall in Val Taleggio
The Spanish Dukedom of Milan and the Republic of Venice divided the Taleggio Valley and marked the agreement with a series of steal known as Termenu. Today, the Termini are beautiful sculptural pieces worth visiting and understanding. The project present the experiences of getting to know the Termini through maps and photographs.
Christopher Norman graduated at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles, California, and is practicing residential architecture in Los Angeles.
Idil Kemaloglu
Turkey & France
Kronos - "Mountain Moruk"
Mountain Moruk, Project Kronos born from the idea of creating a cabinet of curiosities is a form of an open air museum at Taleggio Valley, to piedmont of alpines where Sottochiesa is located. Design of the installation inspired by geomorphological formation of the alpines. Mountain moruk brings together natural elements of Taleggio Valley by creating a path and by layering the elements towards their attitudes.
Idil Kemalogio graduated in architecture from the Politecnico of Milano, she is currently a Master of Architecture student at Ecole National Superieure d'Architecture de Lyon (E.N.S.A.L), France.
Turkey & France
Kronos - "Mountain Moruk"
Mountain Moruk, Project Kronos born from the idea of creating a cabinet of curiosities is a form of an open air museum at Taleggio Valley, to piedmont of alpines where Sottochiesa is located. Design of the installation inspired by geomorphological formation of the alpines. Mountain moruk brings together natural elements of Taleggio Valley by creating a path and by layering the elements towards their attitudes.
Idil Kemalogio graduated in architecture from the Politecnico of Milano, she is currently a Master of Architecture student at Ecole National Superieure d'Architecture de Lyon (E.N.S.A.L), France.
It’s really about a change in mindset. Instead of a take, make, waste economy, how do you continue to recycle the technical and biological nutrients?The people are just one with their natural environment…the village was very welcoming. It’s a small place. So, we quickly became integrated into daily routines in the valley. Be careful on the road. Make sure to honk your horn!
Reference: Mick Dalrymple (2020, 5 December 2020) NAH_Stories/Interviewer: Katie de Bari. NAH_Stories, Nature, Art & Habitat Residency.
Myck Dalrymple
United States
Visions of a Circular Economy through the Lens of Taleggio Valley
In order to avoid running out of resources on a finite planet, our economy must transition to one in wherein resources are recycled infinitely. The world can learn more about how to accomplish this by studying local, sustainable agricultural communities such as in the Taleggio Valley, where residents have been producing unique local cheeses for tens of generations with the same land, rain and sunshine.
Mack Dalrymple serves as the Director of University Sustainability Practices and a Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, United States.
United States
Visions of a Circular Economy through the Lens of Taleggio Valley
In order to avoid running out of resources on a finite planet, our economy must transition to one in wherein resources are recycled infinitely. The world can learn more about how to accomplish this by studying local, sustainable agricultural communities such as in the Taleggio Valley, where residents have been producing unique local cheeses for tens of generations with the same land, rain and sunshine.
Mack Dalrymple serves as the Director of University Sustainability Practices and a Senior Sustainability Scientist at Arizona State University, United States.
Robin Nanney
United States
Mirror Box
The Mirror Box project is a means of exploring an abstract relationship between the ground and imaginary space. The landscape in Val Taleggio is not a passive character and it engulfs a series of project models comprised largely of mirrors. The result is a mixed-up large space hiding within the earth.
Robin Nanney is a designer currently living and working in Los Angeles. Although she carries a BFA in sculpture from RISD and work experience on large-scale projects form Gehry Partners, Robin's primary work is as a residential designer grounded in craft, with a passion for material authenticity.
United States
Mirror Box
The Mirror Box project is a means of exploring an abstract relationship between the ground and imaginary space. The landscape in Val Taleggio is not a passive character and it engulfs a series of project models comprised largely of mirrors. The result is a mixed-up large space hiding within the earth.
Robin Nanney is a designer currently living and working in Los Angeles. Although she carries a BFA in sculpture from RISD and work experience on large-scale projects form Gehry Partners, Robin's primary work is as a residential designer grounded in craft, with a passion for material authenticity.
2015 Alt Res
Lisa-Rike Birkholz, Visual Artist / Berlin, GermanyChandrakala Jain, Artist / New Delhi, India
Rosie Montford, Painter / London, UK
Angela Valeria, Artist / New York, NY, USA
2015 Visitors
KyungMi Shin, Artist / Los Angeles, CA, USA Todd Gray, Artist / Los Angeles, CA, USA