Feral Atlas: An Interactive Anthropocene Platform Launches Online

Feral Atlas, which kicked off in October 2020, is an interactive project that explores the Anthropocene via feral entities. It's curated by a talented team, including anthropologists Anna L. Tsing, Jennifer Deger, and Alder Keleman Saxena, along with architect and artist Feifei Zhou. The platform features contributions from over 100 individuals, including scientists, artists, and writers. With more than 70 field reports, it presents essays, videos, and poems grouped into four historical categories: Acceleration, Capital, Empire, and Invasion. It uses watercolor art to highlight issues like toxic fogs and radioactive blueberries, illustrating how human actions affect wild ecologies. The atlas also discusses COVID-19 and its connections to zoonotic diseases. Previous iterations were showcased at the 16th Istanbul Biennial and the 2019 Sharjah Architecture Triennial. Instead of providing answers, the atlas invites users to explore complex environmental issues intuitively.