Terrarium is a 21-minute immersive installation that explores positive and viable pathways to heal socio-ecological environments. It combines film, performing arts, sound and spatial design.

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Plurality through Archetypes

Terrarium unfolds through seven tightly woven perspectives projected across a modular, site-responsive multi-screen environment. Each character acts as a seedling, embodying urgent socio-ecological challenges and sparking alternative ways of seeing and responding to the world. These intertwined visions propose that meaningful solutions emerge through symbiosis—between human and non-human communities and with the socio-ecological environments we share.

The immersive approach is essential to creating emotional engagement and long-lasting impact. A lounge-like space design helps prime the audience for a positive contemplative experience. The enveloping sound design comprises original music and curation of intervened natural sounds, adding non-human voices to the installation. Instead of sitting through the experience, audiences inhabit a space that offers a realistic sense of purpose rather than a narrow doomsday depiction of the future.

Credits & Behind the Scenes
Credits & Behind the Scenes
  • LIFE

    LIFE

  • Life (Concept)

  • COSMOLOGY

  • Cosmology (Concept)

  • FUTURE PATH

  • Future Path (Concept)

  • LOVE

  • LOVE (Concept)

  • EMPATHY SYMBIOSIS

  • Empathy Symbiosis (Concept)

  • ANCIENT WISDOM

  • Ancient Wisdom (Concept)

  • Death and Regeneration

    Death & Regeneration

  • Death & Regeneration (Concept)

“I've realized that the most impactful elements of my art were the relational aspect (of the process and with the audience) and the powerful narratives developed through empathic listening. Terrarium aims to provoke the necessary cultural shifts for socio-ecological regeneration through visual storytelling. The project achieves these shifts by substituting old narratives with positive representations of the future, a radical act of imagination, hope and creation.”

– Damian Siqueiros, Director of Terrarium

Process as Impact

In Terrarium, the creative process is as vital as the final artwork. To support this, we’ve built a thriving environment that is multicultural, gender-balanced, and eco-responsible. I have assembled a core team of collaborators who embody these principles.

As Terra Sapiens Studio’s first major project, Terrarium is not only about producing compelling images and experiences – it is also about cultivating a way of working. The team itself became a microcosm for the values needed to heal socio-ecological systems. Our framework centred on compassion, community building, empathy, gender, economic and cultural equity, the integration of diverse worldviews, and circularity.

Host Terrarium

Are you a museum, journalist or just want to know more about the project? Find out more by downloading the following documents.

Partnership & Exhibition Guide
Partnership & Exhibition Guide
Academic Resources
Academic Resources
Press Release
Press Release

Our Footprint

Sustainable Creation

  • Social Indicators

    A) Developing adapted strategies for artist and collaborator care

    B) Creating pathways for harmonious and open communication

    C) Ensuring gender, age and cultural equity through non-hierarchical representation and interwoven perspectives

    D) Fostering participatory and creative self-reliance

    E) Sharing ownership of intellectual property

    F) Creating tailored roles for the growth of each artist.

  • Ecological Indicators

    A) Reducing travel distances, using public transport and human-powered means of transportation. 

    B) Procuring energy efficiency: sourcing from green energy, reducing data storage, etc.

    C) Minimizing the need for off-setting to achieve carbon neutrality

    D) Reducing waste in the production process: Eliminating single-use materials, using compostable plastics, and preserving materials for future productions.

    E) Using upcycled, recycled and vegan materials

    F) Serving vegan catering (more than 100 meals)

“The wellbeing of our environment is a fundamental right. Without a stable, safe climate, people cannot exercise their economic, social or cultural rights.”

— Sheila Watts Cloutier

The creation of Terrarium was made possible thanks to funding from

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