Anxious Ocean and the Moon Bathers - Ruins of the Patriarchy

This is a deep-sea story about the post-Anthropocene...

Throughout the early 21st century, capitalism continued to be a dominant global economic model and governments were heavily influenced by mega-corporations. Implementing mass de-regulation across key industries, making it impossible to collectively reduce carbon emissions and neutralise the increasingly acidic oceans.

Caring more about profit margins then the future of our world, the patriarchy developed technological 'robot-saviours'- the 'Metabolicxs'. These artificially intelligent super swarm robots were introduced to clear the oceans of human debris. The Metabolicxs were deployed as the world called for help with the anthropogenic climate change. Leaders, once again believing in the technology that would save them, raised their last 'green' finger without changing their behaviour… but it wasn't enough.

This toxic legacy washed into the salty waters of Mother Oceania, and the robot ‘saviours’ could not cope with the vast quantities of materials in particular plastics they were initially programmed to capture. Seemingly endless streams of DNA carrying plastics permeated into micro-organisms transferring their human like traits to the aquatic residents. Offsetting the balance of the biosphere and fusing human consciousness with aquatic life.

Mother Oceania is now a witness and participant, a historian and time-keeper. She is home to an abundance of oceanic life now burdened with the desires and anxieties of all humanity, plagued by the effects of a misled society.