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==about me==
=about me=
I study media art and design in bachelor. <br>
I study media art and design in bachelor. <br>
And hope to start my thesis very soon. <br>
And hope to start my thesis very soon. <br>
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<br> It is constantly under construction and works more like a diary than a artiste page.
<br> It is constantly under construction and works more like a diary than a artiste page.
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I had a very theoretical approach for this class for which I wrote a paper on what media to choose and <br>
how to bring two samples from my bio.match project together (have a look below for the project description!)<br>
I am asking you to understand, that you can`t find this paper at this place right now.<br>
'''If you want to read the paper, just contact me and I will share it with you.'''<br><br>
Furthermore, I had to take care for a new species, that I didn't know before this class.<br>
==Hydra vulgaris and Artemia==
The hydra have four to twelve tentacles that protrude from just outside the mouth. They feed by extending their tentacles and waiting for food to touch the tentacles. They then bring the food to their mouth, ingest and digest the organism. Anything that cannot be digested is egested. Ingestion and egestion occur through the mouth.<br><br>
Hydra vulgaris occurs on all continents except Antarctica in fresh water at temperatures between 7 and 29°C. In Europe, the distribution area includes the mainland and the British Isles.<br><br>
They do feed on smaller animals like Artemia, water flea and also Daphnia.<br>
This is why I soon had a second animal to take care of: Artemia<br><br>
But here I had some problems, that I wasn't able to solve. The Artemia live in water with other conditions then the Hydra. <br>
So I needed two flasks. The Artemia actually love movement in their environment, so I got them a water pump and they feed on algae.<br>For some reason I was not able to maintain a healthy live circle for them and very soon, they became my main project instead of the hydra.<br>
That caused a lot of struggle with the Hydra who actually starved a lot. I completely failed with this project.
But if you want to have more information on Hydra check out this website [http://www.kakerlakenparade.de/hydra.html here]!
<br>A little bit more contant will follow soon!





Latest revision as of 21:29, 26 March 2019

about me

I study media art and design in bachelor.
And hope to start my thesis very soon.
Most of my projects are based on the field of bio art and
are developed in the department of media environment.


for further information on my works have a look at my work diary
http://www.mkffnbrg.com.

It is constantly under construction and works more like a diary than a artiste page.

class content

I had a very theoretical approach for this class for which I wrote a paper on what media to choose and
how to bring two samples from my bio.match project together (have a look below for the project description!)
I am asking you to understand, that you can`t find this paper at this place right now.
If you want to read the paper, just contact me and I will share it with you.

Furthermore, I had to take care for a new species, that I didn't know before this class.

Hydra vulgaris and Artemia

The hydra have four to twelve tentacles that protrude from just outside the mouth. They feed by extending their tentacles and waiting for food to touch the tentacles. They then bring the food to their mouth, ingest and digest the organism. Anything that cannot be digested is egested. Ingestion and egestion occur through the mouth.

Hydra vulgaris occurs on all continents except Antarctica in fresh water at temperatures between 7 and 29°C. In Europe, the distribution area includes the mainland and the British Isles.

They do feed on smaller animals like Artemia, water flea and also Daphnia.
This is why I soon had a second animal to take care of: Artemia

But here I had some problems, that I wasn't able to solve. The Artemia live in water with other conditions then the Hydra.
So I needed two flasks. The Artemia actually love movement in their environment, so I got them a water pump and they feed on algae.
For some reason I was not able to maintain a healthy live circle for them and very soon, they became my main project instead of the hydra.
That caused a lot of struggle with the Hydra who actually starved a lot. I completely failed with this project.

But if you want to have more information on Hydra check out this website here!



A little bit more contant will follow soon!


BIO.MATCH

(english/ german below)

In the beginning, there is the fascination for the microbiome. The realization that bacteria are not fundamentally dangerous, but much more vital, also changes my view of things. A previous work, purely visual without any scientific claim, is based on this new knowledge. It shows projections of bacteria and fungal cultures that normally live invisibly on human skin. The viewer should be made aware of what is happening on his body (see Fig.1).

NFG-191ruecken.jpg

The sciences surrounding the microbiome, which has been the focus of much research since 2007, are still in their infancy. It is assumed that a maximum of 1% of all existing bacteria is known, but not necessarily researched. In addition, there is a large number of amoebae, fungi, mites and often worms. It is known that the microbiome is composed differently in different parts of the body due to different milieus.

The focus of much research on the microbiome is on curing diseases. It is clear that "Staphylococcus aureus" influences the clinical picture of neurodermatitis and intestinal bacteria influence the psyche. In the animal world, one discovers at about the same time that hyenas can communicate with the help of bacteria in special glands and already much earlier one determines that (with women) the body smell of humans is much more important than each other body characteristic of humans with the partner search. This, in turn, is influenced by bacteria. I ask myself what we will be able to find out about the microbiome in the future. Which problems can be solved with new knowledge? The decisive impulse for my idea was the all-round talent of the microbiome. Not only the genetic basis and its ancestry influence his microbiome, but also current living conditions and habits, such as place of residence, mental state, and other sociographic factors.


If one were able to analyze all this and compare different people with each other, one could make exact predictions about their compatibility with each other. The dating service of the future would be created.

You can find more information (only in German) here! Also, I created a DIY-Kit. I will bring it to the class on Friday.

The general idea can be described with this graphic:
Biomatchdiagram.png

  • Two people give their sample.
  • The microbiome of the two people is analyzed from this sample.
  • bio.match looks for similarities or indications of good compatibility.
  • The result is communicated to the participants and
  • they can decide whether they want to get to know each other.

For further examples have a look at BIO.MATCH-Instagram



At the moment this project is purely speculative. But there is also a large scientific part in this work. Over the last few, years I have done a lot of experiments to approach this topic. Since I have no experience other than my school knowledge, I have tried to find out everything as well as possible
and have experienced countless failures.

In this project, I concentrated solely on saliva samples and tried to grow a particularly large number of microorganisms from them on various media. I will be happy to show you my exact approach, results, improvement approaches and criticisms in our joint course or on request. I don't want to put these things online because they contain many mistakes and can be misinterpreted.

The aim of this course is to achieve more professional handling and workflow for me. Especially in the area of documentation and verifiability of results. In addition, I would like to discuss other methods with you and perhaps come again to a completely new approach to test compatibility on a scientific level between people. For example the use of a spectrometer.



BIO.MATCH(german)
Zu Beginn steht die Faszination für das Mikrobiom. Die Erkenntnis, dass Bakterien nicht grundsätzlich gefährlich sind, sondern viel mehr lebensnotwendig, verändert meinen Blick auch die Dinge. Eine vorhergehende Arbeit, rein visuell ohne wissenschaftlichen Anspruch, basiert auf diesem neuen Wissen. Gezeigt werden Projektionen von Bakterien, sowie Pilzkulturen, die normalerweise unsichtbar auf der Haut des Menschen leben. Der Betrachter soll darauf aufmerksam gemacht werden, was auf seinem Körper vorgeht.(s. Abb.1)

NFG-191ruecken.jpg

Die Wissenschaften rund um das Mikrobiom, welches seit 2007 Mittelpunkt vieler Forschungen ist, stehen noch am Anfang. Man geht davon aus, dass maximal 1% aller existierenden Bakterien bekannt, aber nicht zwangsläufig erforscht ist. Hinzu kommen eine große Anzahl von Amöben, Pilzen, Milben, oft auch Würmern. Man weiß, dass sich das Mikrobiom an verschieden Körperstellen auf Grund verschiedener Milieus verschieden zusammensetzt.

Im Mittelpunkt vieler Forschungen am Mikrobiom steht die Heilung von Krankheiten. So steht fest, dass „Staphylococcus aureus“ das Krankheitsbild von Neurodermitis beeinflusst und Darmbakterien Einfluss auf die Psyche nehmen. In der Tierwelt entdeckt man etwa zeitgleich, dass Hyänen mit Hilfe von Bakterien in speziellen Drüsen kommunizieren können und schon viel früher stellt man fest, dass (bei Frauen) der Körpergeruch eines Menschen viel wichtiger ist als jedes andere Körpermerkmal des Menschen bei der Partnersuche. Dieser wird wiederum von Bakterien beeinflusst. Ich stelle mir die Frage was man in der Zukunft mit dem Mikrobiom in Erfahrung bringen kann. Welche Probleme kann man mit dem neuen Wissen lösen? Ausschlaggebender Impuls für meine Idee war schließlich das Allroundtalent des Mikrobioms. Nicht nur die genetische Grundlage und seine Abstammung beeinflussen sein Mikrobiom, sondern auch aktuelle Lebensumstände und Gewohnheiten, wie Wohnort, psychischer Zustand und andere soziografische Faktoren.

Wäre man fähig all dies zu analysieren und verschiedene Menschen miteinander zu vergleichen, könnte man genaue Vorhersagen über ihre Kompatibilität miteinander machen. Es entstände die Partnerbörse der Zukunft.

Du kannst mehr Infomationen zu dem Projekt hier finden.
Ausserdem habe ich auch ein DIY-Kit kreiert. Ich werde es am Freitag mitbringen.

bio.match funktioniert wie folgt:
Biomatchdiagram.png

  • Zwei Menschen geben ihre Probe ab.
  • Aus dieser wird das Mikrobiom der beiden Personen analysiert.
  • Es wird nach Gemeinsamkeiten oder Hinweisen auf eine gute Kompatibilität geschaut.
  • Das Ergebnis wird den Teilnehmern mitgeteilt und
  • diese können entscheiden, ob sie sich kennenlernen möchten.

Für weitere Informationen dieser Art schau auch auf den Instagram Account

Momentan ist dieses Projekt rein spekulativ. Aber es gibt auch einen großen wissenschaftlichen Anteil in dieser Arbeit. Ich habe über die letzten Jahre sehr viele Versuche und Experimente gemacht um mich diesem Thema anzunähern. Da ich ausser meinem Schulwissen keine weitere Erfahrung mitbringe, habe ich versucht alles so gut wie möglich in Erfahrung zu bringen und habe dabei unzahllose Fehlschläge erlebt.

Ich habe mich bei diesem Prjekt einzig auf Speichelproben konzentriert und versucht aus diesen auf verschiedensten Medien eine besonders große Anzahl von Mikroorganismen wachsen zu lassen. Ich zeige euch gerne meine genaue Vorhergehensweise, Resultate, Verbesserungsansätze und Kritiken in unserem gemeinsamen Kurs oder auf anfrage. Ich möchte diese Sachen nicht online stellen, weil sie viele Fehler enthalten und fehlinterpretiert werden können.

Ziel dieses Kurses ist für mich einen professionelleren Umgang bzw. Workflow zu erlangen. Vor allem im Bereich der Dokumentation und Prüfbarkeit der Ergebnisse. Ausserdem möchte ich gerne andere Methoden mit euch besprechen und vielleicht auch nochmal zu einem völlig neuen Ansatz kommen um eine Kompatibilität auf wissenschaftlicher Ebene zwischen Menschen zu überprüfen, zum Beispiel mit einem Spektrometer.