Absent Minerals is a interactive exhibition in the Mineral Hall of the Natural History Museum of Denmark. It responds to a world where resources are extracted faster than ever and climate change increasingly limits our access to nature, highlighting the need for new ways of reimagining it through technology. The project asks whether digital tools such as 3D, VR, and real-time simulations can reshape our understanding of minerals, not as commodities, but as forms shaped by imagination and curiosity.
By inviting visitors to generate their own digital minerals, the work reflects on how recreating nature through algorithms and speculation might affect how we perceive and relate to the natural world.