Bad Databrunn

Various factors fuel a growing suspicion towards new technologies and the natural world thus leading to expansive mass-exhaustion. Amidst different interrelated crises, we find ourselves coping with technologically induced stress, precarious working conditions in platform economies and rising uncertainty due to ecosystems on the verge of climate collapse. How do we overcome the traditional divisions between humans, technology, and nature as a response to these pressing challenges? As founding members of the artificial world, humans tend to separate themselves from other-than-human beings. Autonomous algorithms, seemingly with their own will, are suddenly intimidating. Crushed between the uncanny valley and a suffering planet, we must adopt new mentalities. In the Ornamenta neighbourhood Bad Databrunn, all members of our shared environment are subject to an immersive cleansing ritual. Bestial cleaning habits and technological know-how are intertwined to prepare the famous Kurorte (en. spa towns) of the Nothern Black Forest Region for harmonized future scenarios.