The Casebearer 2.0
An epic poem in the form of an enigmatic educational video following the life-cycle of a Casebearer Moth. The language, voices, and (some) visuals were created in collaboration with artificial intelligence models.
The Casebearer 1.0 was developed as a collaborative project by Cristina Molina and Dave Greber during A Structure Envisioned for Changing Circumstances online project, Curated by Maija Rudovska (Blind Carbon Copy) in close partnership with Amy Mackie (PARSE NOLA) and Tina Rigby Hanssen (Vestfold Art Center). They took inspiration from the highly adaptive species commonly known as the Bagworm or CaseBearer who creates a cocoon home for itself from whatever debris it finds. As artists who live in New Orleans, a city that faces coastal erosion and is threatened by sea level rise, the Bagworm serves as a model example of a resourceful nomad that acclimates itself to any given situation.
The Casebearer 2.0 is Greber's fork and expansion of the original pair of videos.
The Casebearer 2.0 installed at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art as a 2-channel monitor and projection installation in 2022