Deniz Uster is a Scotland-based (b.1981-Istanbul) multidisciplinary artist researcher. Spanning across geological and scientific inquiry, Uster’s art practice is permeated by anthropological and historical research to form pluralistic social narratives, using science fiction as her primary discipline. A fictional shift in nature within these ‘filmic’ narratives forms the foundation for alternative social structures, cultures, economic systems, futures and histories.

Uster probes complex ethical dilemmas concerning justice, both within and beyond the confines of terrestrial life. The ambivalence stirred within the audience by these ethical quandaries reveals the performative and participatory nature of her pieces. She invites us to imagine a collectivity that exceeds multispecies approaches; to include not only microorganisms but also elements and forces, from water to minerals. Hence materials and processes convey particular importance in Uster’s work.