Extended Forest
Greta Tekla Gedeon, MArch (Year: 5)
The Extended Forest is a vision for a new form of practice that radically rethinks how we might act as architects in our approach to the guardianship of the natural world. My work confronts urgent conflicts in the present through performance, action and long term strategic thinking. I operate through virtual spaces and character design.
Studio Alchemist is a theatrical design practice, which explores the relationship of nature, technology and performative arts.
We often play out scenarios in which storytelling, architecture, character design and film act as tools to interrogate potential futures.
The virtual world is operated by the Guardians. They are a group of artificial personalities and intelligences focusing on specific agendas.
The Guardians exist as architectural elements and anthropomorphic characters.
Leshy: In the Extended Forest, he builds up a catalogue of international forest mythology.
The Extended Forest is a virtual platform, which records and performs forestry. It aims to diversify the canon of silviculture by introducing alternative information sources.
The project promotes a multidisciplinary approach to forest management considering the need for biodiversity and cultural necessities.
The Extended Forest is an open-source ever-evolving archive of forestry, inhabited by the Guardians. They gather data, experiences, narratives, mythologies and curate them in thematic forums.
The Guardians perform speculative scenarios to foresee potential futures. They are emerging design tools of guardianship with a specific tone of voices.
