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installation biolab in Bozar labs
lighttable with biolab installation
table, square set up, 150 x 150
wunderkammer on the table
A selection of microbial grown skins
intelligent guerilla beehive
presentation on pedestal 33 x 33, + black sand
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The Intelligent Guerilla Beehive is a research project that combines in a radical way smart materials, biomimetic forms and biotechnology. It is inspired by the intelligence, complexity and self-organisation of bee colonies as Super Organisms.
The Intelligent Guerilla Beehive is a bio-art installation on the edge of art and science. It evokes issues of sustainability and biodiversity.
microbial skins, vegetal dye
I will hang these (delicate) skins on nylon wires fixed on the lighting-rail, in front of the window.
They will NOT be presented in this lightbox. Handle with care!
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Series of microbial skins, coloured with vegetal dyes: Indigo Blue, Black Oak Gall, Campèche, Hibiscus, Stinging Nettles, Cochineal. All vegetal dye matter is grown in de rooftop garden, some dyes are processed from organic matter collected during travels (Black Oak Gall, California – Cochineal, La Gomera)
genesis of a microbial skin, video
video, presentation on monitor (hung on wall)
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In her Laboratory for Form and Matter, AnneMarie Maes works on long term speculative research projects. Her laboratory is an open environment for experimentation, a space for contradiction, criticism and evaluation. In the Intelligent Guerilla Beehive project, she combines organic components with living systems and bacteria to create artifacts for the future. She makes micro-organisms grow organic biofabrics and she researches how these fabrics can be enhanced and made useful through embedded electronics and living technology. Navigating between blueprints and ‘Proof of Concept’, her projects and objects can be classified as ‘Future Archaeology’: fragments of a Forgotten World as well as fragments of a World To Come.