terra0

The art collective terra0 explores how economy and ecology intertwine. Since their inception in 2015, terra0 has explored how ecosystems can become economic agents and engage in questions of collective ownership. Their first work, terra0 white paper (2016), proposed a self-utilising forest which, with the help of sensors and smart contracts, would sell logging licenses and ultimately accumulate capital. Later works have iterated and reflected back on the claims set forth in the white paper, continuing to centre emerging technologies' potential to support new forms of ownership, and the different conceptions of agency they may entail. Throughout their practice today, terra0 raises questions around autonomy and agency in culture and law; novel distributions of ownership and regard for the natural world within and beyond market capitalism.

terra0 has been exhibited at the 58th Carnegie International, Pittsburgh; the 17th International Architecture Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia; Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal; The Shed, New York City; Kunsthalle Zürich; Francisco Carolinum, Linz; Chronus Art Center, Shanghai; Furtherfield Gallery, London; Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin; and Vienna Biennale, among others.