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new normalcy
In a world of Rushed wheels and a crippling pace, Overpopulation and extinction, Consumption and malnutrition, Ecological collapse and Virtual Reality prosperity, Education and demoralization, Environmental simulations and global warming, people could no longer catch their breath.
As global economic, nutritional, and environmental crises were arising, one crisis locked down the globe; the corona virus. it all came to a sudden pause. a second chance to realize and reflect to redirect the path taken by humanity; people’s daily actions, norms, and habits, people’s choices, options, and decisions. Many of us know that the normal we knew was no where close to normal Yet the normal we need is nowhere far. Despite the fact that large scale production and actions are leading factors in the exponential destruction, individual actions form collectives THAT impact THE ECOSYSTEMS that house us all.
New normalcy offers us all a step back to see the wider picture and a closer look on nature. While we are busy with our lives, setting our needs and wants first has turned us blind to our surrounding. Starting with our generation, very few of us have seen a flower grow from a seed to a blossom or two animals interact in nature; reality- not digital screens. We belong to an ecological cycle that we have not just excluded ourselves from, but also disrupted. New Normalcy gives us a second chance to realize, learn, and challenge our daily habits
NEW NORMALCY IS AN INSTAGRAM PLATFORM that invites us all, ages 3-150, to be conscious of our living, our surrounding, and our habits The organisms that surround us, the organisms that feed us, and the organisms that feed on us, The objects we use, the objects we disregard, and the ways in which we interact. The five of us do not have a solution for the future. Nor does any one on the planet. New normalcy invites you along a path; a route; a guide; to ACT and REDIRECT.
yara Haidar Ahmad . salameh abla . Nour Bissat . aya el soufi . nora osseiran
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The Earth's resources have depleted and all that remains is us. Part of us. It's not the same, and living has become a cumbersome burden. The reality of existence that we took for granted has become almost a fantasy and what we are left with is traces of what kept us alive.
Second Skin . Water . Air
Our air has transformed to poison, our water dry, our food negligible and our second skin more sacred than ever. Reckless human behavior has left us helpless, and we’re looking for our salvation. Something should have been done when Earth raised all its red flags, but we ignored it. Despite the slow deterioration of the four crucial elements, we weren’t alarmed. Until now. This is the voice of the future that would aid us through this dilemma. Based on these elements, we have created artificial life support to sustain our livelihood. These contraptions are adapted to the new reality where nature can no longer provide. Since the street level air has become completely unbreathable, we need to go to new heights to fetch our oxygen, and since our rivers and lakes have dried up to the last drop, we are our new water suppliers. The over consumption of food over the years has almost depleted our supply and therefore we now very conscious about our intake, careful with our rations. And as chaos and viruses swept through the people, we have resorted to social distancing to ensure our safety.
When the earth crisis got much worse and each individual had to fend for his/herself, self-isolating and single initiatives were the only means of survival. It was more evident that the scale of impact has grown from the smallest point, us, to the collective planet. Now the reverse has occurred, and the planet is enforcing a different life on us. Our hope was in body extensions that salvaged the last traces of nature that we tampered with greatly. To each individual his/her means of survival, to each body its extensions.
1.DISK-ONNECT (Second Skin)
2.HYDRO WALK (Water)
3.INHAL-AIR (Air)
Hala taher . Yasmina abi mahmoud . mahmoud fahs . Nour abdelbaki
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