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The Sweeeet Side

Liv Tsim

Received training in Fine Arts and Biodesign, Tsim is fond of exploring the interconnections and conflicts between multi-species in terms of the climate crisis. Tsim’s practice emphasizes biotic material, bioethics, and environmental justice. In front of the exploitation and degradation of the natural world in the Anthropocene, there is no way we could be exceptional from such ecological chaos. She has been transferring her questions into speculative design, kinetic installation, biomaterial-based sculpture, video, and performance, and inviting the audience to engage in the co-learning experience. 

Received training in Fine Arts and Biodesign, Tsim is fond of exploring the interconnections and ...

Our world is powered by electronics, but its chemical pollution is becoming a new colonialism of our environment.

This speculative design project is a candy cart operated by humans and bacteria, together creating sweet consisting of wasted pure copper through a bioleaching and cooking process. This project aims to raise the possibility of connecting the material flow of the metals from the industrial system and future food chain, as a sustainable interconnected system.

To combat E-waste will be a long journey. We can start imagining our future with a small but sweet bite.

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Speculative Design Project "The Sweeeet Side" Central Saint Martins MA BioDesign 22/23

This speculative design project is a candy cart operated by humans and bacteria, together creating sweets consisting of wasted pure copper through a bioleaching and cooking process. The consumers are encouraged to recycle their e-waste as the new currency, witness the bioleaching and cooking process, and enjoy the tasting experience as a reward. This project aims to raise the possibility of connecting the material flow of the metals from the industrial system and future food chain, as a sustainable interconnected system.

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The Sweeeet Side

Our world is powered by electronics, but its chemical pollution is becoming a new colonialism of our environment.This speculative design project is a candy cart operated by humans and bacteria, together creating sweet consisting of wasted pure copper through a bioleachi...

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