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In the 90 l bioreactor the fungus is kept alive in an artificial life-support-system that supplies it with water, sugar and oxygen which are its basic needs. The fungus adapts to this system and transforms its body into round pellets that are submerged into the liquid. The bodily presence of the fungus offers people the chance to observe and to reflect about so called “natural” and artificial habitats. A small reference library composed of science facts and science fiction shall aid in this process and shall also encourage to fabulate in the presence of the living fungus. | In the 90 l bioreactor the fungus is kept alive in an artificial life-support-system that supplies it with water, sugar and oxygen which are its basic needs. The fungus adapts to this system and transforms its body into round pellets that are submerged into the liquid. The bodily presence of the fungus offers people the chance to observe and to reflect about so called “natural” and artificial habitats. A small reference library composed of science facts and science fiction shall aid in this process and shall also encourage to fabulate in the presence of the living fungus. | ||
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Based on the theory that a fungus will grow indefinetly, as long as it is provided with enough food and has no physical boundaries¹, I grow Pleurotus Ostreatus and Pleurotus Djamor in liquid culture. This theory opposes the opinion that fungi are subject to a process called senescence or biological ageing that leads to loss in vigor and the eventual death of a individuum². | Based on the theory that a fungus will grow indefinetly, as long as it is provided with enough food and has no physical boundaries¹, I grow Pleurotus Ostreatus and Pleurotus Djamor in liquid culture. This theory opposes the opinion that fungi are subject to a process called senescence or biological ageing that leads to loss in vigor and the eventual death of a individuum². | ||
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Let the fungi grow in a shape that makes it easier for hominina to relate to it. The shape should be appealing and spark empathy. | Let the fungi grow in a shape that makes it easier for hominina to relate to it. The shape should be appealing and spark empathy. | ||
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Investigate and search for partners to the fungi, that can supply the needed resources to sustain life. | Investigate and search for partners to the fungi, that can supply the needed resources to sustain life. | ||
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Design a system that sustains the live of the fungi and their partner for as long as possible. | Design a system that sustains the live of the fungi and their partner for as long as possible. | ||
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Prove that there is no such thing as senescence for fungi and that the effect described as such can be prevented in a laboratory set-up. | Prove that there is no such thing as senescence for fungi and that the effect described as such can be prevented in a laboratory set-up. | ||
===Methodology=== | ===Methodology=== | ||
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File:Closeencounter@arselectronicafrontalview.jpeg|Close Encounter @ Ars Electronica (front view) | File:Closeencounter@arselectronicafrontalview.jpeg|Close Encounter @ Ars Electronica (front view) |