Wendi Yan on Worldbuilding, Extinction & Feeling Things for Mammoths
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🦣 She was brought back to save the tundra — but she’d rather stay in her coal-mine bedroom and think. In Wendi Yan’s Tale of the Mammoth Goddess, the resurrected mammoth isn’t a megafauna hero or divine symbol. She’s a moody teenager with Ice-Age trauma, allergic to destiny and unsure why the world needs her again. Scientists built her to fix the planet; she just wants to figure out who she is — somewhere between extinct and alive. We met Wendi at Ars Electronica in Linz to talk about worldbuilding, our awe for giant mammals, and the importance of being beautifully flawed in the era of AI. Watch Tale of the Mammoth Goddess: https://cifra.com/project/24d21029-4b25-45bd-ac29-c03f21e44f1e Explore new season RestArt Reality — exclusively on CIFRA: cifra.com
