This essay grew out of the authors' ongoing research into the history and politics of terraforming in Asia, in preparation for their exhibition project "Liquid Ground," which was selected by Para Site, Hong Kong from their 2020 emerging curators open call and is scheduled to open in fall 2021.
Oceans in Transformation is a collaboration between TBA21–Academy and e-flux Architecture within the context of the eponymous exhibition at Ocean Space in Venice by Territorial Agency and its manifestation on Ocean Archive.