# Biosphere: JENGA

Canonical URL: https://www.xdlab.net/projects/biosphere-anthropocene
Artwork identifier: https://www.xdlab.net/projects/biosphere-anthropocene#work
Artwork names: Biosphere: JENGA; 생물권: JENGA
Korean title: 생물권: JENGA
Year: 2024
Artwork creators: Minhyeok Seo, Junyeong Im
Medium: Site-specific Projection mapping 4 '30" projection, Two Channel Audio
Exhibition / venue: KAIST E14 Main Building, Daejeon, South Korea

## Artwork

Biosphere: JENGA is an architectural projection artwork examining biosphere, extinction, and Anthropocene projection through ecological media art.

JENGA | Minhyeok Seo, Junyeong Im

Humanity has exploited and destroyed the Earth’s resources and her life. This process was done slowly and secretly, thus most of modern people can only recognize, but are unable to feel this tragedy.
The project mapped on KAIST main building runs with three parts. 
First part, giant hands alter the main building, showing how humanity has changed the Earth fitting to our needs and greed. After several demonstrations of using the Earth’s resources, a collapsed world is all that remains.
Second part delivers a message about human centered choice of species and extinction with the scene of stacking animals. Giant hands try to make up for their fault by stacking animals and restore the world. However, this could not be fulfilled as pigs and chickens flood in and fill up the world.
Last part, we imagine the end of the overpopulated Earth. Space filled with animals is finally distorted, and after chaos, we encounter the ‘Earth reset’.

## 한국어 작품 설명

생물권, 멸종, 인류세를 건축적 프로젝션으로 탐구하는 환경 미디어아트 작품이다.

## Research

Research question: How can architectural projection make biosphere, extinction, and Anthropocene relations perceptible?
Method: architectural projection, art–science, environmental media art
Research contribution: Focuses on biosphere and extinction, distinguishing its ecological inquiry from Technosphere’s technological focus.

## Research concepts

- [Anthropocene art · 인류세 예술](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-anthropocene-art)
- [art–science research · 아트사이언스 연구](https://www.xdlab.net/about#concept-art-science)
- [projection mapping research · 프로젝션 매핑 연구](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-projection-research)
- [environmental media art · 환경 미디어아트](https://www.xdlab.net/projects#concept-environmental-media-art)
- [extinction art · 멸종 예술](https://www.xdlab.net/projects/biosphere-anthropocene#concept-extinction-art)

## Artwork video

- [Biosphere: JENGA video](https://vimeo.com/1031872721)
- [Embedded player](https://player.vimeo.com/video/1031872721)
- [Video thumbnail](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/1-1920.webp)

## Artwork images

- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 1 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/1-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 2 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/2-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 3 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/3-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 4 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/4-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 5 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/5-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 6 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/6-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 7 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/7-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 8 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/8-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 9 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/9-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 10 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/10-1920.webp)
- [Biosphere: JENGA — image 11 of 11](https://www.xdlab.net/projects-optimized/6/11-1920.webp)

## Official sources

- https://anthropocenestudies.com/6867-2/