OtherSide Collective

Advocating for the rights of more-than-human actors in a future built around empathy, inclusion and activism.

UmeÃĨ Institute of Design

UmeÃĨ Institute of Design

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Building new futures and exploring storytelling layers through the Futures Bazaar

After 1,5 weeks of future-building, we represent our stories at the annual Futures Bazaar and sell our artefacts using currency. However as the feminist future, we traded our goods with other visitors. Some traded their skills for objects, while others saw their prized collections fit for a trade.

Some notable items and experiences from the bazaar.

Entering the playful future through a 'rollercoaster' ride (:

The 'PATRIARC' , an artefact from the brutal past of the feminist future, which mysteriously broke during trading and was the only object sold with currency in the feminist future ( one singular coin!)

The feminist future's mascot Dave, who relentlessly seeks justice for everyone. At the bazaar, he willingly went to other futures to represent our cause.

The society of the feminist future are actively trying to include those we made invisible consistently throughout history.

The society of the feminist future are actively trying to include those we made invisible consistently throughout history.

The society of the feminist future are actively trying to include those we made invisible consistently throughout history.

The Collective's historical logs

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The Collective's historical logs

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Branding

Imagining ways to represent nature in a future setting.
Imagining ways to represent nature in a future setting.

OtherSide Collective is an organization in this future, dedicated to advocating for the rights of more-than-human actors.

Building an organization that embodies collective rage and collective liberation for all.

Building an organization that embodies collective rage and collective liberation for all.

Building an organization that embodies collective rage and collective liberation for all.

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A guardianship system for representing more-than-human actors in political settings
A device that collects and analyses biological data of these actors.

Seeing critical factors, overall condition related to world events and speculating species future condition.

How can AI be ethical and empathetic in a society that is fighting for agency?

How can AI be ethical and empathetic in a society that is fighting for agency?

How can AI be ethical and empathetic in a society that is fighting for agency?

AI tools are inherently limited to responding to the biological factors of their users, deriving meaning only through interaction with their surroundings. In this sense, they function as translation mechanisms between species.

AI tools are inherently limited to responding to the biological factors of their users, deriving meaning only through interaction with their surroundings. In this sense, they function as translation mechanisms between species.

Trading data between guardians and seeing interrelations of each species. The more a guardian interacts with the environment, the more accurate the reading becomes.

Not only enabling voting for other species but also, biological journal for species through the lens of different guardians.

Not only enabling voting for other species but also, biological journal for species through the lens of different guardians.

Not only enabling voting for other species but also, biological journal for species through the lens of different guardians.