Seagull poop: fighting for climate justice

This project investigates the complex, often tense relationship between humans and urban seagulls through a post-anthropocentric lens. Centered around a counter-map and interactive installation, where visitors could mimic gull droppings on a window, the work invites a radical rethinking of what it means to coexist in urban space.

The ´gull-behaviours’ that usually frustrate us, like screaming, stealing food, dive-bombing passersby, and leaving feces, are reframed here as meaningful acts.

Seagulls have been forced into cities by overfishing, coastal construction, and climate disruption. They follow our waste, mimic our habits, and survive off our systems. Their poop reveals what they eat, and what we eat, making visible the unsustainable rhythms of human consumption.

Each gull cry is a protest shouted over the roar of traffic. Each stolen snack is an act of resistance. Each stain is a mark of survival in a world humans have made inhospitable.

This project doesn’t just give voice to the gulls, it shows they’ve been speaking all along. Loudly. Inconveniently. Persistently. Not as pests, but as the frontmen in the fight for climate justice.