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Part of Centraal Laat x IMPAKT x Queer Ecology:

Council of Forest

Nonhuman Nonsense

What would an ancient pine say about deforestation, or a reindeer herd about climate change? Can AI embody the wisdom of a forest?

Council of Forest, a digital, interactive artwork by Nonhuman Nonsense and the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka Biosphere Reserve, uses AI to allow nonhuman entities—trees, lichen, rivers and other forest inhabitants—to discuss the fate of their shared home. Their voices are shaped by ecological data and conversations with people who inhabit the Vindelälven-Juhttátahkka region in Sápmi, including reindeer herders, forest owners, cultural workers and scientists.

In this digital forum, the forest considers the impacts of human activities such as logging, rewilding, and climate shifts. Human visitors are invited to listen and ask questions, but each session concludes with a policy recommendation made by the forest itself. The project explores how AI could be used to reimagine relations between humans and the more-than-human world. Questioning whose knowledge truly counts when acting in the forest’s best interest and what happens if we take nonhuman voices seriously? 


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