5. Artworks
Studio Roosegaarde: "GLOWING NATURE"
https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/glowing-nature
Why / Motivation
Create an experience where the visitor meets and sees the beauty of nature in a unique encounter.
How / Plan
By artificially reproducing the most light-emitting algae in the world, which is 700 million years old and adding a custom polymer shell.
What / Execution
Interactive art installation of a 20 to 50 m2 walk consisting of light-emitting algae.
Eduardo Kac: "Genesis 1999"
https://www.ekac.org/genesis-info.html
Why / Motivation
Finding the final language
"explores the intricate relationship between biology, belief systems, information technology, dialogical interaction, ethics, and the internet. "
How / Plan
translate a bible quote into Morse and then into Gene ( ATCG) and integrate it into bacteria cells.
What / Execution
create a 4-dimensional installation. User manipulate bacteria with UV light,
and alternating cultures are shown on screen.
Tissue Culture and Art Project: "Victimless Leather"
https://tcaproject.net/portfolio/victimless-leather/
Why / Motivation
‘victimless utopia - lab-grown materials that explore the potential to develop consumer products
How / Plan
Grown from immortalized cell lines on a biodegradable polymer matrix in the form of a miniature stitch-less ‘jacket’
What / Execution
This leather is cultured inside a custom-made perfusion chamber, inspired by the organ perfusion pump and has an automated system that drips into the polymers and feeds the cells with a nutrient media.
Liquid Crystal Hear Beat
Why / Motivation
Revealing the underlying/ hidden beauty in a product we constantly use in our everyday lives and are emotionally attached to.
How
Manipulating an LC-Ester with alternating current. The current is subject to the visitor's heartbeat, which is recorded by a sensor.
What
Creating a Video Installation - Observing & Recording with a microscope