Winterwerkschau 2023: Projects

Project information

submitted by
Betül Peker

Mentors
Mindaugas Gapševičius

Faculty:
Art and Design

Degree programme:
Media Art and Design -Study programme Media Art und Design (MAD) (english) (Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.))

Type of project presentation
Artwork

Links
https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-…

Contributors:
Gründerwerkstatt neudeli

Project description

Slime Mold project is deeply exploring the behaviour of physarum polycephalum. The result of the Project will include drawings, video, photographs, and a model. As known "Slime Mold cells prefer to live on upright structures, like trees and plants, and they tend to grow upward until the food is reached. They leave behind a trail of dead cells as they travel. As they grow, they can become very large and move quite quickly to a food source."

First, there will be an experiment with agar cubes to understand how S.M reacts on 3d dimensional forms. The movement of the S.M will be recorded in time-lapse.

secondly, project will use S.M's movement to create an experimental architectural plan and this plan will use as a reference to build 3D printed structure. When I build the structure (relatively enclosedenvironment) I will place the slime mold as a temporary resident. This will be the metaphoric approach to non-human-centric architectural design. As known, architecture dominantly serves to people and animals. In this project, there will be a speculative approach to create non-human-centric but living organisms-centric design by using some architectural methods.

Files and presentations

• betulpeker_sm.pdf