Haptobiosis

Nyria Graber – Haptobiosis

Haptobiosis reveals the microbiome of our desk, the living, invisible world that our gestures shape. The installation is built around three hybrid objects: a keyboard, a mouse and its mat, reimagined somewhere between the technological and the organic. In a society that sterilises its spaces and fights off microorganisms, how can we reconnect with this imperceptible living world? By interacting with these objects, we uncover bacteria, their shapes, their presence, the silent life unfolding beneath our fingers, across our surfaces, evolving alongside us. Every gesture lets this microbiome grow behind the screen, the most sterile place of all, where no organism should exist. Touch becomes the medium of interaction between our gestures and this ecosystem.

Diploma project (2026)

Students
Nyria Graber
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