Ever wondered what the world looks like through the eyes of a bee? With the experimental VR project BBEE, Erik Geslin at Noroff University College invites you to experience nature from a non-human perspective, and reflect on our role in the ecological web.
A new form of play and design
In an age marked by ecological uncertainty and a growing disconnect between humans and the natural world, new ways of thinking about technology and design are urgently needed. At Noroff University College, the research initiative Center for Non-Anthropocentric Play (CNAP), led by Dr. Erik Geslin and Dr. Filipe Pais, explores this shift through interdisciplinary projects inspired by biocentrism, ecofeminism, and posthumanism.
– We wanted to create an experience that’s not about dominating nature through technology, but about listening to and learning from it. BBEE invites us to see the world from the bee’s perspective, quite literally, says Erik Geslin, Associate Professor at Noroff University College (NUC).
BBEE – Becoming Bee is one such project. Through a poetic and experimental VR installation, participants step into the sensory world of a bee — an insect vital to ecosystems, yet increasingly threatened by industrial agriculture and environmental degradation.
