an investigation into the biophysical and philosophical mechanics of creativity and randomness by using living organisms as artistic material.

CHAPTER 1
50 flows
A 3-channel video projection based on video recordings made at a microscopic level, showing the flow of cytoplasm within the slime mold species Physarum polycephalum. The so-called cytoplasmic streaming controls the growth and movement of the "many-headed" protozoa. The resulting network structures are the raw material for an imaginative journey that focuses on the creative potential of simple organisms.
With quotes by Gilles Deleuze & Félix Guattari, Rebecca Horn, Daniel Kehlmann and Michel Serres:

The microscopic videos were edited to the electric recordings of slime mold growing on a MEA. Changes in the readings were translated into beats which were used for automated editing.

EXHIBITION
Basics Festival, Opening March 8 2012, ARGE Kultur, Salzburg (AT)

DOCUMENTATION
http://vimeo.com/40187515

WITH FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF
Frauenförderfond/Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
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THANKS TO
Artist-in-Residence at UWE Bristol (UK):
Prof Andy Adamatzky (Internat. Centre of Unconventional Computing)
Dr Ella Gale (UWE, chemistry lab)
Dr Dave Patton (UWE, microscopy lab)
Ars Electronica Linz, Biolab