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Sutra

  • Speculative Ritual Design
  • Intergenerational Continuity
  • Plant-Human Communication
  • Biofeedback
  • Memory archive
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
Mr. Saurabh Srivastava
Sutra is a speculative design project that explores how humans and plants might communicate to build a long-term, living memory system. Centered around the sacred Tulsi plant and a soft wristband made of woven fabric, Sutra proposes a wearable interface that senses bio-signals like heart rate and emotional states and feeds them into a companion plant. This system builds on the prior PANINe project, introducing a two-way relationship where humans and plants co-create memory together. Designed to be passed down across generations, the Sutra wristband and plant pair become a shared memory object within families, acting as a repository of feelings and physiological traces that connect grandchildren with the moods of their ancestors. Imagined as part of a national initiative under the Ministry of AYUSH, the project embeds plant intelligence within everyday rituals. Sutra offers a slower, more grounded alternative to digital saturation, rooted in the natural world and vernacular familiarity.
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
Profile
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
M.Des.
Mr. Saurabh Srivastava
Sutra
Sutra is a speculative design project that explores how humans and plants might communicate to build a long-term, living memory system. Centered around the sacred Tulsi plant and a soft wristband made of woven fabric, Sutra proposes a wearable interface that senses bio-signals like heart rate and emotional states and feeds them into a companion plant. This system builds on the prior PANINe project, introducing a two-way relationship where humans and plants co-create memory together. Designed to be passed down across generations, the Sutra wristband and plant pair become a shared memory object within families, acting as a repository of feelings and physiological traces that connect grandchildren with the moods of their ancestors. Imagined as part of a national initiative under the Ministry of AYUSH, the project embeds plant intelligence within everyday rituals. Sutra offers a slower, more grounded alternative to digital saturation, rooted in the natural world and vernacular familiarity.
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA
MEHER MAHESH JANGRA