Dr. Sambita Modak

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Sneak peek into the first few steps of a sci-art-game project that @ishikamacaca and I have been working on for the last few months based on her PhD research at @cwsindia . 🐵🎨Our heartfelt thanks to @zooreach for showcasing our work at the #art4conservation exhibition in Coimbatore on September 21 and 22. We are moved by the love and appreciation we have received. 🐵🔑This sci-art collaboration wouldn't have been possible without the @creatureconserve scholarship supporting artist's time. 🐵👀Keep watching this space for updates on the exhibition and the project development. Slides: 🐵1. Map fragment and field drawings 🐵2.Field drawings and baby gibbon, Puali (Hoolock hoolock) 🐵3. Map of Torajan with Ishika's zine on a day in the life of a gibbon family 🐵4. Map continues with a preview of the exhibition display 🐵5. Exhibtion display continues with field drawing featuring Ishika and @lujaguju engrossed in massive data collection that has fed and watered all the artworks #sciart #sciencecommunication #artforconservation #scienceillustration #conservation #primate #gibbon #map #mapillustration #research #illustration #creatureconserve #zooreach #gibbonmoves

At the Kochi Biennale 2025, unheard voices found a way into some important conversations. 🌴🪾 Convivial Commons made them perceptible. Presented by BeFantastic in collaboration with @zku.berlin , Convivial Commons Congress reimagined collective decision-making through AI, where non-human entities in our ecology could participate. 🐍 Conflict, alignment, and exchange unfolded through data, space, and presence. Follow the conversation on our website: befantastic.in Curated by @walkinstudios and @vivek_chockalingam #TechArt #representation #aiart [performance art, interactive art installation, kochi biennale, urban development, democracy, nonhuman representation ]

Games can be powerful tools for conservation. At our 3-day workshop, we explored how play can inspire awareness, deepen connections with nature, and bring conservation stories to life. From understanding the importance of traditional games to learning how to design our own, every moment was a blend of creativity and purpose, beautifully captured through sketchnotes by Arundhati Venkat. Alongside fellows of the Future Full of Forest Fellowship, we dove into diverse conservation-themed games, shared laughter, and even celebrated with traditional dance Stay connected with the journey for more stories, learnings, and moments from the Future Full of Forest program. #FutureFullOfForests#KhelDhemaliWorkshop#ConservationLeadership#CanopyCollective#HabitatTrustSanctuaryNatureFoundation

Convivial Commons Congress Convivial Commons Congress is an artistic research installation and speculative governance experiment that explores how non-human actors can participate in collective decision-making through artificial intelligence. The work stages a congress of five AI-based assistants, each representing different biotic and non-biotic actors through autonomous analysis of sensor data, environmental measurements, scientific models, and public datasets. Rather than speaking about nature, the installation renders decision-making as a non-verbal, spatial, and material process, translating negotiation, conflict, and alignment into perceptible forms. Building on the ZK/U project BeeDAO (documenta fifteen), Convivial Commons Congress investigates procedural participation beyond human-centered representation. Initiated by ZK/U Proxylab, the first iteration was developed in 2025 on invitation by BeFantastic and the Goethe-Institut Bangalore, in collaboration with teams from Bangalore and Berlin. Team Berlin: Matthias Einhoff, Clemens Gruber, Stefan Koderisch, Lars Neckel, Lea Sofso, Miodrag Kuc, Nerea Ferrer Team Bangalore: Abhishek Kapahi, Sambita Modak, Rasagy Sharma, Supriyo Manna __________________________________________ Everything Un... Curated by Walkin Studios At Forplay Society / Kochi Biennale Collateral In collaboration with @c.rockefellergroup Supported by @goetheinstitut_bangalore

What unfolded at Forplay Society at Kochi Biennale wasn’t just an installation it was a buzzing, thought-provoking, successful showcase that sparked bold conversations around AI, ecology, and the futures we’re building together. Now, step into this dynamic walkthrough, where Supriyo Manna takes us inside Convivial Commons, where governance is reimagined through non-human actors and collective decision-making. Blending AI, environmental data, and spatial negotiation, the work transforms conflict and collaboration into material, performative and powerfully perceptible forms.

Ever had a beautiful fever dreams? I did: three weeks between art, tech, community, and nature in Kerala/India and at @kochibiennale …
Thanks to the Convivial Commons Congress team (@abhishekkapahi , @rasagy.sharma , @supriyo_manna , @wrong_tool_i , team @befantastic.in ) and to our hosts from @forplaysociety (@king_bump , @vivek_chockalingam ) and @goetheinstitut_bangalore . It was an honor to work with you.
Thanks also to team Nature — you have never disappointed me.
Thank you @simonehaeckel - prime time with you, always.

Here’s inviting performance artists from the worlds of theatre, spoken word, improv, public speaking to partake in the Convivial Commons Performance. Step into the roles of non-human agents where negotiation happens on human subjects. Guided by data gathered over time, you will sense, respond, and align through movement, space, and material signals—experiencing how conflict, cooperation, and collective decision-making unfold beyond the human framework. Who will you represent? 🌧️ Network of Water 🌳 Raintree 🐟 Karimeen (Pearlspot Fish) 🐍 Indian Rock Python 🕊️ Brown-headed Gull Why participate? •⁠ Give voice to beings and present their points of view •⁠ ⁠Interact and perform alongside international artists •⁠ ⁠Reflect, respond, and take action on pressing local issues •⁠ Become part of a collective ecological voice Come, embody another perspective. Become part of the commons.

Step into a future where more-than-human voices shape the conversation. Imagine a future of governance where humans are no longer alone, BeFantastic in collaboration with @zku.berlin presents Convivial Commons Congress, an AI-driven research installation that reimagines collective decision-making by enabling non-human actors to participate through non-verbal and material forms of negotiation, where negotiation, conflict, and alignment unfold through data, space, and material presence rather than words. Come experience the work in person, visit our showcase 🗓️ 10th Feb – 22nd Feb at Kochi Biennial 2026 📍 @forplaysociety Curated by @walkinstudios @vivek_chockalingam We look forward to seeing you there.

Look out for Convivial Commons at the Kochi Biennale 2026, starting 10th Feb! Convivial Commons is an exhibit that explores how non-humans might speak back, using tech and AI as translators. It imagines a Friendship Circle made up of humans and non-human actors like trees, beehives, compost systems, rivers and even air. Together, they are invited into institutional decision-making through AI-generated voices shaped by real environmental data. In this video, hear from the fellows behind the project as they share what it meant to collaborate with non-humans, what surprised them along the way, and how it felt to give voice to ecosystems that are usually unheard. Kaleidoscopic Fields Fellowship: Artists, researchers and technologists are exploring Climate & Food Futures through innovative storytelling. From Ladakh’s peaks to Bangalore’s urban tablelands to Goa’s shores. #artech #techart #befantastic [kaleidoscopicfields, creativetech fellowship, techart, climateart, creativetechnology, Kochi Biennale 2026]

To Move Like Fungi is an audio-visual installation that showcases a ritual space for climate grief and ecological imagination. A space where movement shapes a responsive fungi field. Through gestures, people co-compose an evolving terrain of slowness, tenderness and entanglement. Hear from the fellows who worked on To Move Like Fungi, about their experience working on this project, what they feel, and explain what this project is about. Stay tuned to dive deeper into their journeys and explore the blogs! Kaleidoscopic Fields Fellowship: Artists, researchers and technologists are exploring Climate & Food Futures through innovative storytelling. From Ladakh’s peaks to Bangalore’s urban tablelands to Goa’s shores. #artech #techart #befantastic #kaleidoscopicfields #creativetech #fellowship #techart #climateart #creativetechnology