Sjors Nuijten
The effects and results of synthetic material pollution in our oceans is widely known. But in this speculative scientific paper we research the possibility of a terra-formed earth. Not intentional but through shere ingorance from the human race. The remaints of our consumerism are the micro-plastics embedded in the tissues of corals, that are now spreading harmful chemicals. And mutating the genes and DNA of these species. Potentially resulting in mutated corals that are adjusted to these synthetic materials. Which could lead to non-carbon based lifeforms on our own planet. And this is where the speculative visual/physical research from Sjors Nuijten takes off.
His fascination for marine life and in specifc corals came from the time he spend in Thailand as a scubadiving instructor. Where reef monitoring and assessment made up a part of his weekly routine, he noticed the damage and impact plastics had on the reef. The research became the manifestation of multiple passions; design, science, corals and metalworking. All these different disciplines and interested really contected with each other through the concept of the project. Neo-syntopic Anthozoa is a new term created in the speculative world to describe these mutated or we could say adapted species of corals. And in a visual research the world is explained through speculative science.
His fascination for marine life and in specifc corals came from the time he spend in Thailand as a scubadiving instructor. Where reef monitoring and assessment made up a part of his weekly routine, he noticed the damage and impact plastics had on the reef. The research became the manifestation of multiple passions; design, science, corals and metalworking. All these different disciplines and interested really contected with each other through the concept of the project. Neo-syntopic Anthozoa is a new term created in the speculative world to describe these mutated or we could say adapted species of corals. And in a visual research the world is explained through speculative science.
Graduation work (photography by studio VODE)
