A way of resisting (Athens Data Garden), 2020

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An imaginary community entrusts their most valuable digital data to Micromeria Acropolitana – a small plant endemic to the Acropolis hill. This unique network of plants is safeguarded by the community, who fiercely protect both their members' autonomy in managing information and the integrity of the plant network. As the locus of storage shifts from the ethereal realm of the computational Cloud to the tangible Earth, and as control transitions from corporations to individual users, the life cycle of data mirrors that of a plant, nurturing a symbiotic relationship of interdependence and nurturing. Within this unconventional garden, users assume the role of caretakers for the plants, while the plants reciprocate by safeguarding the stored information.

The inaugural chapter of Data Garden, titled "A Way of Resisting" (Athens Data Garden), commenced in 2018. The subsequent chapter, "The Mountain Islands Shall Mourn Us Eternally" (Dolomites Data Garden), was established in 2022.