I Identify As
In I Identify As, Anouk Kruithof explores shifting identities between humans, nature, and technology.
The video shows people dressed in plant-like costumes dancing, parading, and engaging with their surroundings. While these outfits may appear festive, they also critique fast fashion and consumerism. Using a mix of footage from the Amazon, internet clips, and AI-generated images, Kruithof slowly blends human skin with plant textures, suggesting a transformation where people become one with nature. The video doesn’t follow a clear story but instead presents fragments of changing identities. Inspired by ideas like the Symbiocene—a future where technology and nature live in balance—and the Plantroposcene—a fictional era shaped by plants and AI—Kruithof questions “human exceptionalism,” the belief that humans are more important than other forms of life. I Identify As shows us how humans, plants, and machines can blur together and form new, shared futures.
