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To be the Physarum's "slave", I need to first be comfortable with letting it grow freely and to the max. | To be the Physarum's "slave", I need to first be comfortable with letting it grow freely and to the max. | ||
In order to achieve this I tried merging Physarum specimens from two different petri dishes. To my disappointment the Slime Mold hesitated to make its way out of the dishes. In order to make my table more | In order to achieve this I tried merging Physarum specimens from two different petri dishes. To my disappointment the Slime Mold hesitated to make its way out of the dishes. In order to make my table more appetising, I will be trying to cover it with a layer of agar. | ||
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As I am trying to explore ways of reversing the interspecific hierarchical pyramid, I am coming to the realisation that one of the reasons why humans see unicellular organisms, which are beyond a doubt the most fundamental members of the earth, lower than themselves, is because of their size. Thus I am looking for ways for equalising our sizes. | |||
I am going to try and grow the Slime Mold on my table, but I believe it can only grow to a certain size. Moreover, this won't effectively contribute to the message I am trying to convey. Thus, I will be amplifying the Physarum's size artificially. My spherical Ikea table lamp will hopefully suffice to do this. The resulting projection will only be a shadow across the walls of my room, however I believe shadows can be more intimidating than the thing itself and what | |||
''*: https://www.britannica.com/topic/anthropocentrism'' | ''*: https://www.britannica.com/topic/anthropocentrism'' | ||