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Sruli Recht: Abyssicide

The designer Sruli Recht continues to stand as a pioneer in the art of world-building, seamlessly blending ancient techniques with his futuristic vision. His new project, Abyssicide, was created in collaboration with Roland Snook’s Tectonic Formation Lab and Mark Edgoose, in response to the climate crisis, in particular rising sea levels.

Abyssicide is an installation created from a technique that mimics corals forming their skeleton through the process of transforming seawater into solid material. As the ocean levels rise, Abyssicide envisions a future where the protagonist uses garments that eventually encapsulate the user in a limestone exoskeleton. This project hopes to redefine the future of renewable materials, initiating a dialogue on circularity and sacrifice through slow growth and futurist design.

Abyssicide was developed alongside a larger renewable research project for coastal communities experiencing ongoing loss of land mass to cultivate houses in oceanic farms. The project is featured at the Hanover House through the duration of Melbourne Design Week from May 23 – June 02.

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Photos by Morino Thorlacius, courtesy of Sruli Recht.

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