After last class I felt like I needed to think more in depth about the concept. One on hand I am doing tremendous process with the learning process of working with my synchoby. I was able to grow the bacteria (K.Rhaeticus) in a tube. I feel strongly about finding work that is visually pleasing but socially engaged. I was able to talk with the incredible Heather Dewey-Hagborg and she gave me a lot of ideas and elements that needs to be consider
Provocation / Political engagement / Didactic / DisruptiveWhat is Nature?What can be manipulated?What does GMO meanThe appropriation of Kombucha into material exploration. Where is that going>Local folk science into institutional science.What does it mean to bring biotech into an art spaceBeauty & Strangeness of the materialWhat feel aesthetically meaningfulWhy does it mean to work into a specific shapeWhere do I put myself in the politics of itLarge Scale / materialityLearning from the material - like sculptors / ExperimentingWorking intuitive Scoby lend itself to become a certain shape but not otherLiveliness - Show be allow to keep growing and livingBio Luminescence as a symbolAccess and opennessMy background bring a social conversationPeople engagement, workshops and see what they come in
Work that is physically beautiful to attract yet interesting to keep attention
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