![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The Interspecies Assembly, sculptural installation at Central Park extends the conversation further by foregrounding human responsibility to the natural habitat. Pink Element / Vertical Migration Image: Francisco Nogueira, Courtesy of MAAT – Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon Seen outside the aquatic context they appear as forms and structures that are an integral part of everyday architecture. These bricks are designed to be suspended underwater and to sustain and grow new micro coral communities. Their more recent projects such as the Pink Elements adopt restoration methods for the underwater species by making coral-friendly bricks with their pink color known to foster ‘coral polyp growth’. For Superflex, such an approach to the Science Museum is to alter the perspective of human history advocated by the Museum. Led by an expert on cockroaches, the visitors wore custom-designed costumes and moved in zigzag directions across the Museum, going through inventions such as the steam engine and the spaceship. The trio chose cockroaches as they are the oldest living creatures who have lived and are expected to survive many more disasters. Entitled, The Cockroach Tour of the Science Museum, the Collective designed the tour to view the history of human scientific evolution through the perspective of the cockroaches. While the Collective's engagement with biodiversity existed from the very beginning of their practice, their notable reference to non-human species dates back to early 2011, when the refurbished Science Museum in London opened to the public with a unique tour conceptualised by Superflex. Cityscape View Vertical Migration at United Nations Headquarters, New York City Image: Lance Gerber, Courtesy of Superflex Press Room ![]()
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