The aim of this project is to promote understanding between people so that Treaties (Agreements) can be made between them to live well together. Stories are presented that contribute to the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPPC) reports through the paper, Enabling Enduring Evidence-Based Policy for the Southern Ocean Through Cultural Arts Practices.
The project is inspired by Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill), the keystone creature in the Southern Ocean ecosystem, that behaves as both an individual and a collective. Stories are told through art and science, and arranged in ways that reflect the similar and different ways people process information, as individuals and collectives.
Stories are presented through:
BodiesPlaces
Minds
Infographic: By Lisa Roberts with Katherina Petrou and Claire Sives
"...I love that this project travels, physically and virtually, and the whole metaphor of travel as migratory patterns that are kind of linear but not, as well. To my mind it's like a wonderful Ven diagram where everything overlaps and stories change."
Tiriki Onus 2020
"The only sustainable way to store data long-term is within relationships - deep connections between generations of people in custodial relationships to a sentient landscape, all grounded in an oral tradition… Oral traditions grounded in profound relationships represent a way of thinking that backs up your knowledge in biological peer-to-peer networks and provides a firewall against dictators who may decide to burn down your libraries."
Tyson Yunkaporta Sandtalk. 2019