POD
Leatherback Sea turtle
x Zebra Mussel
2022
Exhibited at Ocean Leisure
Exhibited at Ocean Leisure
POD is a participatory ocean-sensitive design activity that operates in an non-human perspective.
In this activity, we work as a group and design from the perspective of the leatherback sea turtles. Our aim is to collaborate with other animals from the deep sea ecosystem to survive over the environmental changes.
Using critical design and a narrative retro style game, we tell a story about the living strategy of a sea turtle and its alliance with the Zebra Mussel Technology cooperation.
In this activity, we work as a group and design from the perspective of the leatherback sea turtles. Our aim is to collaborate with other animals from the deep sea ecosystem to survive over the environmental changes.
Using critical design and a narrative retro style game, we tell a story about the living strategy of a sea turtle and its alliance with the Zebra Mussel Technology cooperation.
We are the giant sea turtles in the world.
Black in shape, with white spots scattered over our bodies.
Unlike other turtles, our shell is rubbery, so we are vulnerable to fishing nets.
We also have no teeth and feed mainly on jellyfish.
We can travel to very deep-sea areas
and are one of the few turtles to live in cold water for long periods.
We are excellent swimmers and have long migratory routes.
But with the effects of global warming and marine litter, our numbers have declined dramatically.
Black in shape, with white spots scattered over our bodies.
Unlike other turtles, our shell is rubbery, so we are vulnerable to fishing nets.
We also have no teeth and feed mainly on jellyfish.
We can travel to very deep-sea areas
and are one of the few turtles to live in cold water for long periods.
We are excellent swimmers and have long migratory routes.
But with the effects of global warming and marine litter, our numbers have declined dramatically.
We offers our body as the transportation for other species,
who swim slowly and want to migrate over long distance.
We have formed alliances with zebra mussels.
Mussels are looking for new habitats,
and they are slow swimmers and can't get to further and deeper waters.
When they found us, they could cover our soft skin to protect us,
and we could carry them to other waters.
A perfect combination!
