WITH MORE THAN 12,000 SPECIES IDENTIFIED TO DATE, SEAWEEDS SEQUESTER CARBON, FILTER WATER, AND PROVIDE VITAL HABITATS FOR DIVERSE SPECIES AS THEY GROW RAPIDLY ACROSS GLOBAL WATERS (SEAWEED INSIGHTS, 2023). DRIVEN BY INCREASING NEED FOR BIOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES TO FOOD, FEED, AND MATERIALS, INNOVATORS AND PRODUCERS ARE TURNING TO SEAWEED FARMING FOR RESILIENT FUTURES. AS DRIED SEAWEED BEGINS TO DOMINATE OUR ALGAE-HUMAN INTERACTIONS, HOW MIGHT HYDRATED FORMS SHED NEW LIGHT ON THE LIFE AND PROMISE WITHIN AND AROUND THIS KEYSTONE SPECIES?

THIS SEAWEED LIFE VEST IS A SYMBOLIC GESTURE TO THE RENEWABLE, REGENERATIVE, AND ILLUMINATING CAPACITY OF SEAWEED THAT MAY BE A LIFE SAVER AS HUMANITY TURNS BELOW THE SURFACE FOR ANCIENT EARTHLY TECHNOLOGIES.

MATERIALS | KELP SEAWEEDS, SECONDHAND INFLATABLE POLYETHYLENE PACKAGING, VEGETABLE GLYCERINE, AND WATER.

LOCATION | LESSAC, FRANCE [BOISBUCHET]

CONCEPT, DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY | JESSIE CURRY

COLLABORATOR | THE DEPARTMENT OF SEAWEED