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O que será ser uma gigantesca sequoia?

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Ersin Han Ersin |

TED2023

• April 2023

O artista Ersin Han Ersin convida-nos a entrar numa sequoia gigante, espreitando através da casca para a tapeçaria da vida no seu interior. Descubram como as suas instalações multissensoriais exploram o conceito de "umwelt", ou seja, a experiência sensorial única de diferentes organismos, e como revelam a profunda interligação da humanidade com o mundo natural.

O artista Ersin Han Ersin convida-nos a entrar numa sequoia gigante, espreitando através da casca para a tapeçaria da vida no seu interior. Descubram como as suas instalações multissensoriais exploram o conceito de "umwelt", ou seja, a experiência sensorial única de diferentes organismos, e como revelam a profunda interligação da humanidade com o mundo natural.

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Ersin Han Ersin

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As a part of the art collective Marshmallow Laser Feast, Ersin Han Ersin combines installation, sculpture, performance and mixed reality to explore the invisible but fundamental links between the human and natural worlds.

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