A Bestiary Of The Anthropocene - Inspired by both medieval bestiaries and observations of our damaged planet, "A Bestiary of the Anthropocene" is a compilation of hybrid creatures of our time. Designed as a field manual, it aims to help us observe, navigate and orient ourselves in the increasingly artificial fabric of the world. Plastiglomerates, robot surveillance dogs, Fordite, artificial grass, antenna trees, Sars-Covid-2, decapitated mountains, eagles fighting drones, standardized bananas... each of these specimens is symptomatic of the rapid transformation of the "post-natural" era in which we live. Often without us even noticing, these creatures spread exponentially and coexist with us.
\nThis book seeks to capture that precise moment when the biosphere and technosphere merge and interlock into a new hybrid body. What happens when technologies and their unintended consequences become so ubiquitous that it is difficult to define what is "natural" and what is not? What does it mean to live in a hybrid environment composed of organic and synthetic materials? What are the new specimens that are currently populating our planet at the beginning of the 21st century?
