Indigenous Genomic Adaptation (2023-) is a speculative bioart installation that stages a laboratory of survival. Petri-dish paintings with DNA mutations sit alongside DIY CRISPR sets, visualizing Indigenous futures re-sequenced under the pressure of climate change. Dhunba combines traditional aesthetics with speculative science, asking whether adaptation through AI and gene-editing can be a strategy for survival — and who has the authority to decide.

At its core, the work raises difficult ethical questions: can technology safeguard culture, or does it inevitably risk its erasure? Dhunba does not offer answers but insists that the debate itself must include Indigenous voices — not just as subjects of study, but as agents of design.