Forest Beings creates a sensual environment with more-than-human actors to advocate a broader, interconnected understanding of the world that includes humans, animals, plants, technology and the environment in a forest bath experience.

GAN systems select feeds from sensory-stimulated archives and play them as scented narrations to trigger embodied knowledge and memories of nature walks. Visitors can then record their personal memory and contribute to the testing of the GAN sets.

This artwork is part of the SciArt project ASTER+S, organised by Rocío García Robles (University of Seville, https://www.us.es/) in collaboration with Marianne Lechner and Barbara Rechbach (University of Arts Linz, Department of Visual Communication). ASTER+S explores the intersections of neuroscience, emotional health, augmented brain, and collective well-being in a world shaped by climate crisis, fragile democracies, and other urgencies. International artists and students collaborated with neuroscientists to develop artistic responses to scientific research. 

https://ars.electronica.art/panic/en/view/asters-art-neuroscience-20c38ddb450c81f0a20ee296904523e1
https://aster.us.es/alleditions/en/