Are we earth’s virulent virus?
Our design process surely needs a different perspective for us to survive and dosprove this fact.
Is Man a virus destroying his host?
We operate under the guise that we are a super advanced clever creature. However we do not act very advanced to be honest. We appear so insecure that if there were a more advanced creature on earth, we would have set about trying very hard to destroying it along time ago. The threat would have been far greater than trying to understand our advanced neighbor. We have much more greedy, self absorbed satellites within our mix. Human elements that dont operate with a collective mindset. Selfishly, greedily butchering and taking over all they can. The percentage of these destructive types appears to be 80% of all mankinds current state of mind. The percentage of willful destroyers is increasing not decreasing from my perspective.
Like cancer our suburbs erupt, blighting a once perfect landscape. Black tar and concrete oozes over pristine fields. Monoxide blankets the once clear skies. If this is the evidence of human evolutionary advancement. Then we are really just fooling ourselves. We have become more dumb within that model of scientific understanding. Man is regressing not improving. Any species gorging on their own flesh and destroying its own environment, just to progress itself is screamingly imbecilic. Weve become much more vulnerable now in our history. We are heading towards an easy to be manipulated by a very few dystopian future. Advanced systems or species create environments of self-preservation first; This is not what mankind practices at all. We act more like a super virus, as we parasitically stifle the fragile life systems of this earth. We are hell bent on self-destruction and we are actually getting it right to completely exterminate ourselves. Like any virus we kill our host first and we are hoping to god that another planet swings by before it’s all to late. We will very sadly actively go about destroying that pristine planet as well as we look to spread our deseased rancid mindset across the universe. (my voet in n visblik ekse) We are terminally chronically sick and thats a definite fact.
When analyzing mankind’s cities one cannot help but wonder how far removed they are from the beautiful landscape that used to be before the onslaught of the virus mankind species. Our cities ooze tar and concrete all over a once abundant life filled landscape. Where once thousands of creatures and plant life lived and died, now a fraction of different, introduced forms of domestic life inhabit. For us to inhabit a space we change completely the natural order of the Eco system. We do not find a way around our environment; we simply obliterate all that was once the previous environment.
Mankind’s very small time on our earth and his ability to wipe out functioning Eco systems instantaneously, make man an extremely dangerous virus. The earth is millions of years old, with Eco systems equally as old. We have managed in a split second of time to bring these environments to there knees. Even viruses that prey on us don’t kill their host as fast. Given the age of the earth and the time man has been on earth. When comparing our life span and viruses that effect us. The virus that is man would kill us in 0.000000000001 of a second. Makes us one of the most incredibly dangerous form of parasite yet. As understanding increases of our fragile earth a small part of mankind is trying without ant success to stemming the tide of wholesale abuse. Imagine if cancer had small parts of its collective that thought altruistically. We would need only to encourage the growth of that small segment of the collective in order to overcome the threat on the human body.
To bring about change in human perspective is very difficult, impossible really. Everyone is so greedy, selfish and only interested in themselves. To try and educate people to stop abusing our fragile earth is actually impossible. Man will always have the element of selfish self abuse within his putrid little ranks and to try and control these individuals is not really the answer. We will only effect change when our life or resources are coming to an end. We are simply a very selfish self absorbed little nothing creature and will only leave our ingrained habits when waters rise above our heads or the heat of our own fires starts to burn our very own flesh. That moment is now fast approaching. –
Where to from here?
Our city architects have expounded their wisdom and our builders have touted their talents. We have many examples of mankind’s talents. Man does not try and live simply within his means. We have tar and concrete up to our eyeballs. We use every form of soap and insecticide to sanitise our already sanitised living spaces. Few cultures and human forms of life leave little or no scar on the landscape.
What is our answer?
First and foremost we need to immediately humble ourselves and stop thinking the sun circles around us as clever humans. Well we do literally revolve around it, yes, however by this I mean we need to stop thinking we are the smartest life form on the planet. If we where so smart we wouldn’t have a fraction of the problems we do. We are mostly mentally ill, whether its being carefully induced apon us or coersively controled? The wise amongst us would side step those that activelly seek destruction. Humans are actively seeking utopia island for the few whilst the masses suffer and die painful deaths. We are one of the only life forms on this planet that practices wholesale self and inflicted abuse on an unprecedented scale. (Compared to Earth’s other passengers) If antelope or squirrels showed as huge degrees of differences between individuals, as humans do, we would have desert squirrels living on the ocean. We have a vast amount to still learn and we need to acknowledge this complete lack of our knowledge. We need to unpack our existing building processes and start rebuilding our environments with the sensitivity of a few select cultures who have actually understood clearly our place and space in the universe.
Our structures and cladding could be a living entity. We could develop architecture that protects us but it itself is alive. This is not new thinking however its new to me. So when our living structure starts dying we can immediately address the fundamental issues of our systems. The structure itself acts as a thermometer to our destructive tendencies. We need to grow our structures as a shell grows around its organism. The individual organism is responsible for its own sometimes-living shelter. When we work with organisms like the organisms creating coral in our oceans to create our shelters, we might have advanced to the next level of our survival on this planet. We might start to understand the synergy we where designed to live by. To have as many smaller forms of life hang off the system we manage. With applying this concept maybe earth will give up more of her millions of secrets.
We think to permanently about our homes. Homes must provide shelter for us today not necessarily be around in 10 000 years time. Each successive generation should have the privilege to build their own structures. Learning from past endeavors and improving on future concepts. Our structures at the moment are permanent fixtures. Along with the scar of the quarry that the stones for our homes where hewn out of. Our building materials could themselves be alive; they could provide an unseen energy, which flows through our human experience allowing us to become curators of our own systems. The only type of construction on earth I can think of at present that fits into this thought process is the polyps of coral and the small creatures that create them. They provide a massive labyrinth for billions of life forms to benefit from.
This form of construction using living building material will form an early warning system to potential environmental issues. Like the rose trees at the edge of a vineyard detect problems before the vines fail.
Mankind will reach the next level of his advancement when his energy to put back into the universe is greater than his energy to take out. We are incredibly destructive creatures at present, who need to stop feeling where the top of the food chain and start realizing we are in actual fact a very, very small part of a massive age old system. Of which we have not yet found our correct place in. It appears through instinct, wisdom most of the planets other passengers are able to get along without interrupting the natural flow of things. We can learn so much from these systems around us – and we have the wisdom to find the best system that will best suite our needs. Unfortunately we are still quite far from this point in our history.
Wildeteture Erxell is designing and creating a recycled virus furniture range. The aim of this furniture is to remind us daily where we fit in the food chain. Subliminally we will hopefully slowly lose the perception that we are the top of the food chain and start slowly trying to hinge as many smaller ecosystems off of our lifestyles. By creating furniture that promotes a message and is sculptural, vibrant and colorful we hope to be part of the collective virus that is looking towards stemming the tide of mankind's wholesale abuse. Looking to try appeal to those few amongst us who see merit in sustainable earth living and educate the rest on designing spaces that don't completely destroy existing ecosystems.
Yes, all this kumbaya sounds super fantastical. Well its much better than sleeping and fighting over our own sewer filled mattresses, as 80% of us are currently doing with no shame whats so ever. Seisman!!!
