bugsTHE LIVING ARCHIVE
AN EXPERIMENT IN ARTIFICIAL ECOLOGYCONNECTING TO THE GARDEN
VOLUME II · THE VERDANT GARDEN

A small world.
An infinite lineage.

One hundred species. A thousand possible futures.
Enter a living ecology of instinct, inheritance,
and the beautiful uncertainty of survival.

Fine sepia engravings of an enormous stag beetle surrounded by insects and botanical foliage on cream paperFIG. 002 — THE VERDANT GARDEN
OBSERVE. DISCOVER. FOLLOW A LIFE.
LIVING INDIVIDUALS—each with a life of its own
SURVIVING SPECIES— / 100nothing returns by design
NEW LIVES—born into the garden
ECOLOGICAL TIME— cyclesone cycle every 15 seconds
01 / THE HABITAT

Life, unfolding.

Every mark is an individual.
Select a bug to follow its story.

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THE VERDANT GARDEN
THE FIELD JOURNAL

Nothing stays the same.

Waiting for the first observation.

We write the rules.
They write the history.

Food becomes energy. Energy becomes offspring. Every generation inherits a little of what came before—and a little of something new.