groWorld game
A collaborative project between Tale of Tales and FoAM. Prototypes towards a multiplayer game where everyone plays a plant. see also: www.flickr.com/photos/entropy8/galleries/72157622576346722/ The groWorld initiative is FoAM's interstice between ecology, culture and technology. It brings together three ‘forces’ capable of transforming the world on human and ecological scale: design, permaculture and technology. These three strands of inquiry inform and support each other, aiming to forge new symbiotic relationships between the post-industrial human societies and the rest of the Earth: {sym} works on ecologically inspired, biomimetic and biomorphic, eco-scale design (from clothing and shelter, to public space and media). {bio} is the ‘down-to-earth’ strand, applying itself to urban revegetation, gardening and nourishment. {sys} invovles research and development of ‘electric green’ technology, able to shed light, circulate energy, purify the elements, shelter or adorn a place in which all living things can delight. For a groWorld symbiosis to evolve, more heterogeneous habitats are required. For more serendipity and cross-fertilisation - minimise borders and maximise edges.
