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CONCEPT

Mirroring the live streaming of a genocide in a social media landscape saturated with entertainment, World War III mimics a biological warfare scenario in the shape of an amusement park, where an unseen institution attempts to physically intrude upon the bodies of the public.

The installation highlight and denounce how unchecked financial systems, seemingly autonomous, dictate human behavior globally, diminishing political influence and raising ethical concerns about manipulating life itself.

This paradoxical and unsettling experience serves as a metaphor for the environmental consequences of capitalism, as technocracy-driven corporate interests are exploiting trough finance a global debt crisis—a staggering $313 trillion, exceeding global GDP by 3.3 times.

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SAFETY AND ETHICS

• The UV coloration is harmless to the mosquitoes, which are not genetically modified.

• The project raises ethical questions about the manipulation of living organisms and the implications of such interactions on human bodies and ecosystems.
  

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MATERIALIZATION

WWIII project can vary in scale and span a variety of media, depending upon the partners, hosting venue and production budget.

The project includes the following modular elements which can adapt to different situations and exhibition spaces:

4.1

ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATION: BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

The environmental installation would see the UV-reactive mosquitoes contained in a structure recalling a biological weapon.

-Size

• Site specific / Environmental dimensions
  
• "Terrarium": 140x70x70cm approx

-Install

• Indoor or outdoor
• with UV lamps
  

4.2

AMBER DISPLAY

Once the insects have completed their life cycle, they will be immersed in a specialized amber-like liquid and displayed on walls. 

The mosquitoes will be arranged in formations reminiscent of military platoons or air force squadrons, evoking a sense of regimented order and controlled proliferation.

-Size

• Mosquito 'amber' drop: ⌀5cm approx each
  
• Site specific / Environmental dimensions

-Install

• Indoor or outdoor
• with UV lamps

4.3

SCULPTURE

Aedes Aegipty mosquito

Uranium-glass cast

-Size

• 50×30×25 cm (approx) small version
  
• 115×70×60 cm (approx) big version
  
• Quantity up to budget and hosting space

-Install

• Indoor or outdoor
• with UV lamps

4.3

NANO 3D PRINT SCULPTURE  "Breathable compound"

Aedes Aegipty mosquito

-Size

• 40 micron

-Install

• Air diffuser

4.4

SOUND & VIDEO INSTALLATION

A multi-channel spatialized* sound and video installation will transform the exhibition space into an sensory organism thanks to AI surveillance technology.

The system tracks the live movement of mosquitos within the space, trough motion detection cameras and directional microphones, amplifying both their sound and visual presence. As the insects fly, a 4D spatialized audio system projects their buzzing in real-time, while macro shots of the glow-in-the-dark insects in flight will be projected on the screens in real time.

[ implement:  sound moving as a huge mosquito]

*4DSOUND Systems are spatial sound instruments with the ability to project Sound Holograms; sonic vibrations articulated through controlled dimension, position, movement, resolution and interaction within space. This renders vivid listening areas without a ‘sweetspot’ in which sound is not heard as coming from speakers, but rather appear in space as entities with a tangible physical presence, depth and dimensionality.

-Size:

• Site specific

-Install:

• 4DSOUND spatialized sound
  
• High Precision motion detection cameras
• Directional microphones
• Directional speakers
• LED screen
• AI software (crowd analysis, video content analysis, activity recognition sensors)
• Suitable both for indoor or outdoor spaces
  

MOMOM 4D AUDIO spatialized sound system

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MOSQUITOES & GLOBAL WARMING

Mosquitoes are the quintessential survivors of evolution: although nearly fifty percent do not survive their first day of life there are an estimated 100 trillion mosquitoes worldwide, grouped into 3,500 species. Despite their tiny size, they are the deadliest animal in the world to humans due to a number of diseases that infected females unwittingly transmit through their saliva, including Malaria, West Nile virus, Zika, Yellow Fever, Dengue and various forms of Encephalitis.

Around one million people die each year as a result, and around half the world’s population is at risk of infection.

The vast majority of these cases occur in the so-called global south, but as the ecological crisis progresses, mosquitoes carrying the disease are starting to spread to European and North American countries. While this is indeed a serious issue and threat, Western news coverage often takes on sensationalist tendencies and rhetoric that uses terms like ‘invasion’ to describe both human and non-human migration.

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SUGGESTED EXHIBITION SPACES

6.1

San Michele Cemetery

Venice, Italy

6.2

European Parliament HQ

Bruxelles, Belgium

6.3

United Nations HQ

New York

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RELATED SOURCES

extract from:

PALANTIR's CEO LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS

[February 3rd, 2025]

*Palantir is an american software company developing AI technologies for war.

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ECONOMICAL & ANTROPOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS

In 2024, world debt exceeded the world’s GDP by 3,3 times ($313 trillion). Through financial leverage and debt speculation, for every single dollar earned globally, finance has created and spent 3,3 dollars.

This economic reality reflects a political landscape where governements places income and property at the center of constitutional protection.

From an anthropological perspective, it appears that money has begun to dictate the behavior of social structures rather than serving as a tool for human management. This inversion of control suggests that financial systems have acquired a degree of autonomy, shaping societal structures and influencing individual actions in ways that often elude conscious awareness and regulation.

The influence of politics on economic and social life has significantly diminished, overshadowed by the power of global financial markets. These markets, driven by complex, high-frequency trading algorithms operating at incomprehensible speeds, and by the unrestricted flow of capital across borders, largely disregard national political contexts.

This transformation raises critical questions about sovereignty and governance. If politics has become merely an executor of market imperatives—prioritizing capital accumulation over democratic accountability—what does this mean for the future of society? The displacement of political agency by financial logic suggests a shift towards a technocratic-plutocracy, where wealth concentration undermines egalitarian principles.

WWIII project addresses the urgent need to reimagine political frameworks able to reclaim agency from market forces and restore balance between economic efficiency and social equity.

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METAPHORICAL FRAMEWORK / IMPACT / CALL TO ACTION

World War III metaphorically addresses how private interests, through lobbying and funding political parties, are reshaping global markets and governements structures while exploiting public resources and invading habitats and native populations. and infringe upon public individual rights through technology control.

This environmental installation aims to raise awareness about the criticality of our current political structures and the delicate relationship between humans and the environment. It challenges viewers to reconsider their understanding of sovereignty, power dynamics, and ecological sustainability.

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SELECTED READINGS

• The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, Naomi Klein [2017]
• Between Loss and Regeneration. Climate, Art and politics, Judith Butler [2023]  (read extract)
• The art of War, Sun-tzu [5th century BC]
• Dengue Boy, Michel Nieva [2025]