NeoKin-2: Roots to Revival

NeoKin-2: Roots to Revival is a sculptural installation created in Ukraine from found tree stumps and discarded technological debris—circuit boards, wires, and digital remnants. As a continuation of the NeoKin project, this work envisions a future where nature and technology do not merely coexist but evolve together in hybrid forms of resilience.

At the center stands a dead tree stump, inverted—its roots reaching skyward, tangled with fragments of e-waste. This unnatural orientation is deliberate: it questions what it means to grow, to adapt, and to regenerate in a world where the boundary between organic and synthetic is increasingly blurred. The tree, once a symbol of rootedness, now becomes a speculative interface—an inverted monument to decay and renewal.

Made in war-touched Ukrainian land, NeoKin-2 reflects on the cycles of destruction and recovery—both ecological and cultural. It speaks of ecosystems disrupted by conflict, of machines abandoned and repurposed, of forests cut down and reborn. Nature lives and dies in rhythms we often ignore; so too do human societies. But from endings, revival begins.

The work proposes that Home is no longer a fixed place—it is a shared, evolving space where memory, material, and meaning are negotiated across species and systems. It invites viewers to contemplate the possibility of self-regulating ecosystems that integrate rather than oppose the artificial and the organic. Ultimately, this is a techno-myth of survival—a rooted, yet inverted gesture toward the future, where decay births new life, and revival is always possible.