Electro Agriculture emerged from ongoing research into electroculture: a century-old agricultural practice that uses antennas to channel atmospheric electricity into the soil stimulating plant growth. Inspired by permaculture principles, the prototype was built entirely from found materials. The work reimagines antennas as totems for the post-digital era, firmly grounded into the soil yet reaching towards the sky. In this liminal space between high and low, science and speculation, Electro Agriculture invites to imagine what happens if digital infrastructures team up with living organisms.
Benjamin Gaulon (FR), also know as Recyclism, is an artist, researcher, educator and cultural producer. His work focuses on the materiality of the digital with projects ranging from digital trash recycling, glitch art, e-waste hacking and circuit bending. Together with artist and engineer Jerome Saint-Clair, he started the Internet of Dead Things Institute (IoDT).
Vincent Valéry (FR) is an artist and self taught botanist. Under the name the Internet of Living Things Institute (IoLT), Benjamin and Vincent have initiated a collaborative research process combining electronic waste with living organisms in symbiotic relationships.
