terra0

terra0 is an art collective that explores how economy and ecology intertwine. Since their inception in 2015, terra0 has explored how ecosystems can become economic agents, and have engaged in questions of collective ownership. Their first work, terra0 whitepaper (2016), proposed a self-utilizing forest which, with the help of sensors and smart contracts, sells logging licenses and ultimately accumulates capital. Later works have iterated and reflected back on the claims set forth in the whitepaper, continuing to center on emerging technologies’ potential to support new forms of ownership and the different conceptions of agency they may thus entail. Throughout their practice, terra0 raise questions around autonomy and agency in culture and law; novel distributions of ownership; and regard for the natural world within and beyond market capitalism.

From The Artists at the Intersection, December 2025