terra0 is a prototype of a self-owned augmented forest. It is currently being set up at 52°27’39.8″N 13°50’22.9”E – 30km in the east of Berlin.
The Project emerged from research in the fields of crypto governance, smart contracts, economics and questions regarding representations of natural systems in the techno-sphere. It creates a framework whereby a forest is able to sell licences to log its own trees through automated processes, smart contracts and blockchain technology. In doing so, this forest accumulates capital. A shift from valorization through third parties to a self-utilization makes it possible for the forest to procure its real exchange value, and eventually buy itself.
The Project emerged from research in the fields of crypto governance, smart contracts, economics and questions regarding representations of natural systems in the techno-sphere. It creates a framework whereby a forest is able to sell licences to log its own trees through automated processes, smart contracts and blockchain technology. In doing so, this forest accumulates capital. A shift from valorization through third parties to a self-utilization makes it possible for the forest to procure its real exchange value, and eventually buy itself.
By Paul Seidler, Paul Kolling and Max Hampshire.
15 February – 25 April 2017, 24/7
Outdoor Showcase, UdK Berlin, Einsteinufer 43
