DANIKA OYSTREK











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library? root cellar.
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This building is a response to the program of ‘library’ that designs against the continuous prioritization of economic goals over social well being that is endemic in North American cities. The library becomes a root cellar, storing stacks of canned vegetables and fruits for the community of the West End.
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what is more than is known
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what is more than is known is a woven shawl embedded with the seeds of plants foraged from the False Creek Flats. 
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chaos & capability is a material-based exploration of self-care and ritualistic practices with the Earth.
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Place-Based

In Solace is an exhibit designed as a monument to the teachings of
nature. The exhibit displays work which has been generated by prompts I designed to exercise designers’ intuition within nature.
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A collection of 20 knit hats which emphasize the connection between wearables, nature, and humans. These hats epitomize continued actions of mine to strengthen human-nature bonding with the goal of restoring the synchronization of the mind and nature.
   




©  Copyright Danika Oystrek 2021
Living and working on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.