Backpack of Wings, 2022

This website works as an online platform from the physical workshop “The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks”. Here you can experience the migration journey of Jonas through the tracking data from Animal tracker App, and write a story of what the bird might have perceived during his migration. Share your imaginary story as being Jonas, and navigate through the stories written by on/offline workshop participants.

“The Backpack of Wings: Sensory Networks” invites the participants to collectively create an imaginary storytelling, by looking into the GPS data from one of migratory birds - ‘Jonas (White stork, male, born in 2013)’. His migratory route and geographical information tell not only about his biological behaviour, but also reveal the correlation between human activities.

This project aims to open up a possibility of using the bio-geo tracking technology as a tool for communion, and not to stay in the level of understanding the species. At the same time, taking our responsibility as humans to use distributed sensing technologies to nonhuman agents.

Artists:
Hyeseon Jeong, Seongmin Yuk

Design and Web-Development:
egozen collective

Acknowledgement:
Michael Quetting, Hemal Naik, Andrea Flack
from Max Planck Institute of Animal Behaviour
Atelier Xoda Temporary Gallery, Nordic House

'The Backpack of Wings' is developed in the context of Driving the Human.

Supported by:
Michael Quetting, Hemal Naik, Andrea Flack
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) based on a decision of the German Bundestag