Towards Organica
A collection of stories in Biodesign
organica /ɔːˈɡanɪka/
noun
a hypothetical point in the future when man-made technology becomes indistinguishable from nature, resulting in a new biocentric epoch.
Arthur C Clarke said “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”- Instead we should tend towards any sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from nature. The the way there is Biodesign.
Towards Organica is a podcast focused on the real or speculative projects that explore
this discipline. A radio to record the stories of the artists, designers, architects, researchers and other creatives that are experimenting with new ways of building the urban microbiome
In these recording I will be exploring projects at the crossing of art, science and technology and covering the fields of Synthetic Biology, Biological Fabrication, Biodesign, Biomaterials, Biomimicry, Bioengineering, Biofacturing, … Some episodes are technical and meaty for the well-versed biodesigners, while others touch the surface of far-fetched ideas, hopefully bringing in the wider public.
We’re having conversations about
– How we can build new cities that strengthen ecologies rather than erode them
– How the built environment can be a productive landscape of harvestable façades
– How our clothing can blend functions of aesthetics and medicine?
On the webpage so far are a few draft episodes waiting for some more soundwork.
I’m open to colloborations - and currently especially looking for a sound producer to help me create and shape a uniquely “biodesign” soundscape and audio identity to the project.
Get in touch also if you’d like to share your project.
Paige Perillat-Piratoine
With a background in geography and entrepreneurship, Paige initially worked in urban agriculture in an effort to bring nature back to the built environment. Paige is convinced cities are full of all the wrong materials - that we spend our time in plastic and cement realities, bland, toxic and crucially draining.
So through her podcast “Towards Organica” she’s embarking on a learning mission around biodesign, to understand how our future cities can be less destructive, and more regenerative, more biocentric.
Having just left a chapter leading a placemaking project around community-led regeneration in East London, Paige is settling back in France to start her dream project: an Architectural Park for Biodesign in the foothills of the Pyrenees (Including a residency program).
By the time she’s 100 – Paige aims to be living in the first prototype of a symbiotic city, this is the journey towards it.
Contact info
An interview with Blast Studio about their work 3D Printing Mycelium - London (March 2020)
An Interview with Søs Hejselbæk about her work at the RCA - London February 2020
An interview with Post Carbon Lab about their work with photosynthetic clothing - London March 2020