Rhoda Ting & Mikkel Bojesen
We Are All Hybrids, Skagarrak 2, 2023
automotive paint, 3D-print, paster, resin, concrete, steel
160 x 35 x 35 cm
Edition of 3 plus 2 AP
We Are All Hybrids is a series of works, which on a speculative level, explores how new life can emerge in the future. The work explores new directions in evolutionary...
We Are All Hybrids is a series of works, which on a speculative level, explores how new life can emerge in the future. The work explores new directions in evolutionary biology that propose that by looking through the lens of genetics, there are no individuals, no separate species, but rather, we live and evolve in relations as we are all hybrids.
These Hybrid sculptures thus create an image of the opportunities for species to meet and form new genetic relations. Created as sculptures with 3D printing and auto lacquer, the sculptures embody hyper species in a time of evolution, not only across species but also in relation to human technologies and industries of impure Nature.
Collaborating with evolutionary biologists from Copenhagen University, the artists received environmental DNA sediment data sets of animals, diatoms and bacterias that can be found in Skagerrak over thousands of years, to research the impact of industrialisation on biodiversity in the area. Each sculpture is the result of 20 species hybridised together through artificial intelligence to create speculative hybrids - a practice in acknowledging AI as its own intelligence and agency and remaining in dialogue.
These Hybrid sculptures thus create an image of the opportunities for species to meet and form new genetic relations. Created as sculptures with 3D printing and auto lacquer, the sculptures embody hyper species in a time of evolution, not only across species but also in relation to human technologies and industries of impure Nature.
Collaborating with evolutionary biologists from Copenhagen University, the artists received environmental DNA sediment data sets of animals, diatoms and bacterias that can be found in Skagerrak over thousands of years, to research the impact of industrialisation on biodiversity in the area. Each sculpture is the result of 20 species hybridised together through artificial intelligence to create speculative hybrids - a practice in acknowledging AI as its own intelligence and agency and remaining in dialogue.
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