Mediterranea Creatura’ is a research study on the potential repurpose of red Mediterranean coral waste (small branches, grains, dust) resulting from the old craft of coral sculpting traditional from Sicily. Material, cultural, ethical and environmental issues are explored in order to imagine and generate ecological artefacts. ‘Archeologia Futura’, is the application into product design of the knowledge gathered through ‘Mediterranea Creatura’. It proposes artefacts able to become ‘ecological relics’ at the end of their life cycle. These, returned to their original marine ecosystem, are ideally able to host the growth of the organisms they once originated from. An exercise of ‘reverse archaeology’.

Mediterranea Creatura is a study by designer Martina Taranto, whose practice aims at building bridges between knowledge, human challenges and environmental causes through material practices of design and process-based making. A recurrent theme in her production has been the theme of locality and remoteness. She aims at generating visceral behavioural and ethical reactions on which to build more-than-human inclusive cultural codifications.