T.I.N.A.R. - Fanzine for a future revolutionary movement
A fanzine for spreading seed bombs technic in a ruined future under the task of vernacular speculative design.
In collaboration with Barbara Niveyro, Magdalena Gonzalez Botana & Andrés Gatto.
Framed in the course Spatial Structures 2 at Open Design Master. Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina y Humboldt University, Germany.
Berlin, Germany, 2022
Expanded version_
This Is Not a Ruin (TINAR)
In 2040, after World War III that took place in Europe, a group of political activists based in Berlin called This Is Not a Ruin distribute biodiversity units to boost the growth of ecosystems among destroyed constructions.
There is a parallelism between architecture and fallen trees. After a bomb reaches a building, the whole structurecollapses and what used to be rooms and offices turns into stones and dust leavingrats and cockroaches to find shelter and food. A fallen tree triggers endless movements and actions towards the inside and the outside. Big animals eat leaves and branches and small animals hide between roots and the ground. In the microscale, the fallen trees slowly decompose, as humidity conquers the wood. Birds and insects build tunnels and fungi and bacteria fill them. Shadow and low temperature in the ground attracts worms that eat the leftovers.
Manifest
We are listeners of the soil.
We aim to nourish new ecosystems as guardians of the forests and its inhabitants;
We aim to re-imagine this collapsed world;
We spread architecture to boost the growth of biodiversity;
We work with local matters in a way that can be easily translated to other territories.
Ingredients
200 grams of fallen tree roots
100 grams of fallen tree bark
120 grams of wet mud
200 grams of leaves
200 centimetres of thread/rope/natural fabrics soaked in nutritious solution for a night
Instructions
Take a walk in the forest on Monday, bring in your backpack, water and a saw - make sure it is as sharp as your wisest friend; you can go farther using your bike; find a fallen tree, be careful, they are still falling (feeling); there are many fallen trees, they behave like dogs, the more they show their teeth the more determined they are at spreading their spirit; choose wisely, use your instinct; once you settle on a tree cut some pieces of bark and wood; before you leave the forest, grab enough roots, enough wet mud, enough leaves; enough is enough according to the needs, this is not a luxury, this is not a check, enough is not hurting the host, enough is being considerate and not taking the forest for granted. Once at home, take the thread/rope/fabric that has been soaking in a nutritious solution for a night; nutritious is the spittle to grow and support life (is also kefir, old milk, sugar dissolved in water, and banana peel tea that you can collect at home); combine the fallen tree parts, the roots, the bark, the mud, and the leaves shouting your anger to the skys or singing quietly, making a dance of __________ (insert whatever-you-feel-like) and tie the ingredients together; imagine you are a spider that knows what it's doing,entangling and weaving on the fields of life. On Tuesday get dressed for the second walk, but now you have to look like you are not going to insert a biodiversity unit in a ruin, you need the anti-camouflage to camouflage, so maybe wear your “I am going to get a job” suit, or “I am a marathonist” suit to walk to the ruins without alarming the military officers; finding a ruin will take the effort of opening the door, if you have more energy go farther, but not too far, try staying inside the boundaries of your district in Berlin or a limit you consider fair; balance is a bitch but you got this; select a ruin spot that is dark, cool and humid and has no direct sunlight, this will make the perfect growing environment for your biodiversity unit; seed your intentions deeply and touch the ground with your hands while leaving the place.