Between Biotic and Bionic ---Noor Riyadh 2022

In Gulf cities, nature is increasingly experienced as simulacrum. From artificial rainforests to simulated ski resorts, from plastic flowers to mummy palm trees, from butterfly gardens to neon light forests, the difference between nature and artificial life is blurred. However, some of these arrangements have created new ecosystems for use by other species.

Zedani's Between Biotic and Bionic is a device that magnifies this tension by contacting specific flora and geological elements in the region to check how contemporary bays understand, experience and consume nature, landscape and environment.