| date | website |
|---|---|
| 2018 | https://terra0.org |
| collaborators | code | Paul Kolling, Max Hampshire | https://github.com/terra0project/ |
Premna Daemon is an installation and prototype build for the exhibition PROOF OF WORK at Schinkel Pavilion in Berlin. The system consists of a Bonsai tree (a Premna Microphylla), a web interface, several senors and cameras, and a Smart Contract on the Ethereum Mainnet.
The software and hardware system(s) the tree is embedded within - a set of technological prostheses the plant is augmented with - allow for the creation of a financially-mediated social contract to come into being between the operators of the the Proof of Work exhibition and this hybrid entity. The operators have committed to care for the various needs of the Premna Daemon (watering, lighting, leaf trimming, etc) only when Premna itself requests assistance by sending Ethereum to a wallet owned by the gallery. The Eth used for these requests is donated to Premna by users via the web interface.
Instead of positioning the system as a passive object in need of care, Premna Daemon exposes the potential for non-human systems to gain the status of autonomous peers within their environment. Via shifting the interactions between one such system and the surrounding human actors into the financial realm, Premna shows how autonomous systems can engage in the form of relationships previously only occurring between humans. Indeed, non-human autonomy is not only possible - it can be crowdfunded
