Computational Compost explores the environmental impact of data storage, proposing a synergy between technology and ecology. It consists of a film and a prototype that uses heat from computers simulating the universe’s origin to power a vermicomposting machine, turning data exhaust into fertile soil

Artistic Direction, Research and Prototype design: Marina Otero Verzier Project Coordination, Research, 3D direction: Claudia Paredes Film Direction: Locument (Francisco Lobo, Romea Muryń); Marina Otero Verzier Prototype development: Claudia Paredes, Fernando Fernande, Pablo Saiz Production: Rocco Roncuzzi In collaboration with the Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC): Txomin Romero, Silvia Bonoli, Raul Angulo, Jens Stücker. First Commissioned by Tabakalera.

Photo: Tabakalera