Inspired by the Feral Atlas, the Notion platform allows us to collaboratively design a multimedia archive of embodied engagements with our ecologies.

Anna Tsing, curator of the atlas, provides us with this notion of feral ecologies:

“Imperial and industrial transformations of the landscape encourage nonhuman collaborators; working together with humans, but without human control…” (source)

We are human beings seeking rooted connection. To quote Simone Weil’s essay on Atlas of Places, “to be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.”

Below are some snapshots inside a boxwood grove, one of the feral ecologies in this archive.

White strands of mycelium slowly digest the fabric, while using it to explore

A decomposing mattress, estimated 20-30 years old

Moss thriving on mattress padding