We are very proud to be part of the exhibition „FUTURES“ at the Grassi Museum of Applied Arts in Leipzig. Vincent Goos and I have spent the last few months working on 'With(out) Us', which will be on show at the Grassi Museum from today until August 2025. 

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With(out) us explores how materials research and design can help to promote the coexistence of human and non-human actors, macro-and microorganisms in the face of global crises.

The installation presents two scenarios: one with and one without human existence.'With us' shows excerpts from a future in which humans and microorganisms coexist.

'Without us' contrasts with a scenario in which, after our extinction, life continues in the ruins of human activity tiny organisms such as algae, bacteria or lichen form a new diversity in the absence of humans. Can mutual empathy and care with these sometimes strange, slippery creatures succeed? And if not, will a new diversity of primordial organisms emerge in the ruins of human activity, in the absence of humans?

The compostable outfits and sculptures are made from micro- and macroalgae.

 

ABOUT STUDIO GOOS & BRÜCKER 

Algae and bacteria form the basis of Bea Brücker's clothes. Her aim is to combine fashion and bioremediation, not simply to integrate materials into an existing system of exploitation, but to develop a climate-positive, post-capitalist biodesign practice.

Together with Vincent Goos, she embeds clothing made of algae in speculative, digital worlds in which people consciously enter into symbiosis with microorganisms and harbour them in their clothing. Can mutual empathy and care succeed with these sometimes strange, slippery creatures?

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​Concept & Design: Studio Goos & Brücker

Cinematography: Leon Daniel

Cast: Lilo Gruner