DISNOVATION.ORG

DISNOVATION.ORG is a research collective working across contemporary art, science and critical technology. Through installations, performances, publications and speculative prototypes, they turn complex eco-social issues into experimental situations. Their work investigates energy, ecology, economics and technological imaginaries, opening up futures beyond dominant narratives of growth, extraction and innovation.


Featured works

Main installations, publications and speculative systems on energy, ecology and economics.

Eating the Sun installation by DISNOVATION.ORG
Eating the Sun
An inquiry into human sustainability, examined through the biogeochemical flows powered by the sun.
Series of 12 custom-made engraved ceramic dinner plates, essay | 2024



The Solar Share edible solar currency installation by DISNOVATION.ORG
The Solar Share
An edible solar currency.
Installation, automated spirulina cultivation, live streaming, custom software | 2024



A Bestiary of the Anthropocene video essay and installation by DISNOVATION.ORG
A Bestiary of the Anthropocene — Installation
When everything on earth becomes artificial: tracing the consequences of human impact.
Video essay & installation | 2015–2025



Life Support System ecosystem services estimation experiment by DISNOVATION.ORG
Life Support System
Ecosystem services estimation experiment.
Installation, 1m2 of automated cultivation, LED grow lights, camera, streaming | 2020



Shadow Growth installation and diagrams by DISNOVATION.ORG
Shadow Growth — The Vast Obscurity Beneath the Upwards Arrow
Economic growth vs. the resulting social cost of CO2 emissions.
Installation, diagrams, software, essay | 2021–



Post Growth Toolkit game by DISNOVATION.ORG
Post Growth Toolkit — The Game
A game to reprogram ourselves out of the economic growth orthodoxy.
Critical games, posters, installation | 2020–





Recent & ongoing works

Current research threads, video essays, critical games and experimental formats.

Counter-Narratives of Water video essay by DISNOVATION.ORG
Counter-Narratives of Water
An inquiry into water commons, blending local stories, science, and fieldwork in a shifting karst landscape.
Video essay — 4K, stereo — 33'41" | 2024



Energy Slave Tokens by DISNOVATION.ORG
Energy Slave Tokens
Human labor to fossil fuel conversion units.
Series of 5 standard weights, 3D files, poster, video | 2020



Post Growth Toolkit interviews by DISNOVATION.ORG
Post Growth Toolkit — The Interviews
Interviews on the frictions between economic growth and environmental crises.
Series of video interviews, video installation | 2020–



A Bestiary of the Anthropocene publication by DISNOVATION.ORG
A Bestiary of the Anthropocene — Publication
An illustrated atlas of hybrid plants, animals, minerals, fungi, and other specimens.
Book, published by Onomatopee | 2021



Post Growth Prototypes video essays by DISNOVATION.ORG
Post Growth Prototypes
A series of video essays which put ecological economic models to work.
CGI videos, installation | 2021





Selected earlier works

Critical works on technology, network culture and innovation ideologies.

Predictive Art Bot by DISNOVATION.ORG
Predictive Art Bot
A bot turning latest media influences into artistic concepts.
Natural language processing, website, installation | 2015–2017



Profiling the Profilers by DISNOVATION.ORG
Profiling the Profilers
Sousveillance of big tech companies using their own tools.
Big data analytics, website, installation | 2018–2020



Online Culture Wars political compass meme by DISNOVATION.ORG
Online Culture Wars
A cartography of online culture wars in the form of a political compass meme.
Poster stack, wallpaper mural | 2018–2019



The Persuadables video by DISNOVATION.ORG
The Persuadables
A video exposing practices used for online influence, persuasion and manipulation.
Video | 2019



Shanzhai Archaeology collection and installation by DISNOVATION.ORG
Shanzhai Archaeology
A collection of hybrid phones from the technological interbreedings made in China.
Installation, collection, research, edition | 2015–2018



The Museum of Failures by DISNOVATION.ORG
The Museum of Failures
An alternative museum focusing on the dark narratives of technology.
Workshops, performances, database | 2016–2018



Blacklists publication and installation by DISNOVATION.ORG
Blacklists
An extensive directory of internet censorship and content restrictions.
Publication, installation | 2015



The Pirate Cinema installation by DISNOVATION.ORG
The Pirate Cinema
A cinematic collage generated by peer-to-peer filesharing.
Installation, live performance | 2012–2014



The Pirate Book publication by DISNOVATION.ORG
The Pirate Book
A compilation of grassroots stories and strategies on media piracy.
Publication | 2015



Floating Prophecies video collage by DISNOVATION.ORG
Floating Prophecies
Correlations between historical sci-fi quotes and folk videos staging drones.
Video collage, installation | 2015



Drone-2000 performance by DISNOVATION.ORG
Drone-2000
A dystopian performance for autonomous drones.
Live performance | 2014



War Zone Google Earth missile trajectories by DISNOVATION.ORG
War Zone
Reproduction of historical missile trajectories within Google Earth.
KML trajectories, video | 2013–2014



Artificial Voyager machine learning performance by DISNOVATION.ORG
Artificial Voyager
The Voyager Golden Records analysed by an artificial intelligence.
Machine learning, TSNE, live performance | 2016