This district is one big maker/hacker space. It’s a community without social hierarchies or strong centralized governing bodies, which give people the freedom to make for themselves and for each other through a binding trust, creativity, and naivety. It’s common for Green Bite citizens to beachcomb for hidden treasures to be repurposed. Some inventions made of re-appropriated materials include makeshift zipline mail delivery systems and transportable food fryers . Many of these items come from the Narrows, which also provides ideas that float in from the outside world. With a DIY spirit and coexisting community, this district grew the movement of hacking the island of Rilao.
In the wake of the lock down resulting from the plague, communication between citizens has become difficult. Thus the ingenious jewelry makers of Rilao developed these bracelets in response to the strong fist of the government. These bracelets are both aesthetically pleasing and practical, allowing Riloans to communicate via messenger bird who deliver their messages through quarantine check points.
James Sullos
Rory Fellowes
Valerie Lin
Mark Norell
We float in the arena – the game is like wallgames or Calvin Ball-ever-changing rules. Tattoos are now 3-D controlled by the mind. Specila snack bars are eaten to adjust the color / brightness of the tattoos. The snacks are created form by-products of newly discovered astroid mining process. The snacks are given as rewards in the game.
Maurice Conti, Andreas Kratky, Mona Yousry, Jenny Rodenhouse, Fiona Raby
Food is a grazing process. A book is a multi-sensory delivery system.
The Book of Tastes offers brief experiences of a wide variety of drugs as you wander round the buffet-like eating arena. The drugs interact with foods so each person’s experience is unique.
Rory, Murilo Hauser
Name: “Tendo”
Found: Beach, SW Green Bite
Purpose: Presumed to be a control system for genetically engineered coral. Coral is controlled through bio-electroconductive slime. Can be caused to grow in multitude of shapes and functions.
Device appears to have been hacked together using a modern computer game console and augmented with bio-circuitry.
Additional evidence found in Green Bite suggest bioengineered coral was used in the construction of housing, cathedrals, food production and [ref. item 7735.22-f]
Shaheen Amir, Andreas Kratky, Mona Yousry, Jenny Rodenhouse, Maurice Conti
Item # 7789.11-c
Name: Engineered Coral Node
Found: Beach, SW Green Bite
Purpose: Node of bioengineered coral. Coral is controlled through bio-electroconductive slime. Can be caused to grow in multitude of shapes and functions.
Additional evidence found in Green Bite suggest bioengineered coral was used in the construction of housing, cathedrals, food production and [ref. item 887.556.a.1]
Item # 7735.22-f
Name: Architectural Rendering 33
Found: Office building ruins, Central Green Bite
Purpose: Architectural rendering of housing complex on the coast of Green Bite. Construction materials and methodology presumed to be of bioengineered coral, design and controlled by an unknown external system.
Concepts also taken from Vision Card #142294
In an act of rebellion, artists, have taken an instruction book form the old embargo using natural hallucinogens as ink it is “The Book of Enlightenment: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galactic Ecstasy.” It is read while going around a buffet – live eating arena. The drugs work trans-cutaneously while reading the book. As they interfere with the foods, each persons experience is different.
Maurice Conti, Andreas Kratky, Mona Yousry, Jenny Rodenhouse, Fiona Raby
Consume what your read: a psychedelic book burger
Threatened by the sudden influx of outsiders, Rilaoan families spend increasing amounts of time in the Green Bite catacombs, returning to an ancient family ritual. The ritual celebrates the life of loved ones upon their death. Under Lao tradition, when a follower dies, the family makes desserts based on the deceased’s life. If the life was good, the desserts are sweet; a troubled life is celebrated with bitter desserts. The Law is that the truth must be told.
Trading Muka tree oil for sugar, the once-abandoned catacombs become transformed by elaborate constructions of chocolate and candies.
In this photographed tableau, the life of a child is celebrated in the form of a coffin made of candy and encrusted by various treats. A death mask at the head of the coffin captures the essential spirit of the beloved. Large posters of children playing surround the the coffin, to reflect on the happy times in the child’s brief life. At the end of the ritual, the dessert is handed out, and the body is given to the sea.
Emily Howard, Cory Rouse, Rory Fellowes, Andreas Kratky
Mind control of robotic machines has a feed back effect which allows the dictatorship to place both thoughts and memories into the the populace. However, this also has the effect of limiting life span =- which can only be over come through deep meditation. This leads to civil unrest, ameliorated by intense amounts of hallucinogens – which often cause the robots to go awry…
Mark Norell and Sonia Jawaid Shaikh
Over the years, Rilaoan Military base has kept dissenters in isolation to prevent them from congregating. However, there is a new weapon in town… ‘The Mindozer!’ This mind weapon allows incarcerated dissenters to communicate with people outside the base – thus adding to dissent while the authority tries to clamp down on the mindozer and its origins.
Sonia Jawaid Shaikh, Cory Rouse
Tattoos are now 3-D and controlled by the mind. This is very taxing and special bars are eaten that contain nanites & proteins. These bars can effect brightness/color/resolution of the tattoos.
Christian Falstrup, Maurilo Hauser
A device worn over the eyes that videos the user, transforming them into a superhero they construct and places them in locales they chose around the island of rilao as well as imagined islands aside rilao with the goal of finding different landmarks. Once found they leave messages, objects, virtual gifts that can be retrieved once visiting that location in person. They of course can play with others virtually and gift things to other co-players including fake and real adversaries.
Shaheen Amir (sketch); James a Sullied (author)
