↑ Model of Cloud Collector Airship (1:250)

↑ Schematic Drawing of Cloud Collector

↑ Worldwide Airborne Response Network: Map of Volcanic Ash Patrol Routes

↑ Scale Model (1:1000) of Urban Aerial Particle Net

↑ Urban Aerial Particle Net catching smog in Shenzhen, China, ca. 2075

In a resource-starved future where “natural” deposits are depleted, how will we gather vital raw materials? Are there options beyond recycling as we know it? Perhaps volcanic eruptions, industrial pollution, oil spills and toxic clouds won't be viewed as ecological disasters but as economical opportunities. These events then become rare chances to gain access to certain precious commodities.

Using advances in biotechnology, geo-engineering and robotics, harvesting the highly diluted minerals scattered all around us might become viable. But will new technology be able to preserve our current way of life or alter it beyond recognition? Will we have to adapt our pace of development to geological timescales?

This project documents techno-social systems that might be developed in this possible future to cope with a changed reality rely on many different sensors and mechanise our perception of each other. Should we avert this uncanny future and dismiss the developments of the last decade or rather try to trick their perception?