6. Reconnecting with matter

"Theory has only 'observed' the world; if we want ot change it the point is to touch it "

(Karl Marx)

Ekkoabit is a tool to explore through the senses new relationships with materials and energies that surround us generating new habits and environments that help us to be less vulnerable to the energy and climate changes that we are facing.

  • Generate a new sensitivity towards materials: loving them, taking care of them and making them last.
  • To establish an emotional bond with the vital force of matter and not only with its function.
  • To feel matter as a barrier, radiator, storage, or retarder of energy.
  • Understand that matter is captured energy.
  • To value materials based on their abundance and availability.
  • To enhance the cultural values of materials.
  • To perceive dematerialization: the fluid, the mobile, the processes, the evanescent, etc.