GMU:Sustainable Aesthetics/MFC

Artworks

ICE AND EMERGENCY: OLAFUR ELIASSON https://www.goodtroublemag.com/home/ice-and-emergency-olafur-eliasson

Susan Schuppli https://12.berlinbiennale.de/artists/susan-schuppli/

Earthboot

Martin Howse

earthboot proposes a barely functional telluric operating system (OS), exposing the vampirism of current technology. Telluric or underground currents are translated directly into code for an earthbound operating system.

• http://www.1010.co.uk/org/earthcode.html

Bacterial Battery

Rasa and Raitis Smits

Pond Battery video visualises the electrical energy generated by MFC (Microbial Fuel Cell) in outdoor conditions during seven month time period

• http://smitesmits.com/PondBattery.html

Bacteria Battery #5 is an installation of Biotricity series where the fluctuations of electrical energy generated by microbial fuel cells are sonified in eight channel sound environment.

• http://smitesmits.com/BacteriaBattery5.html

MFC

Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a type of bioelectrochemical fuel cell system[1] that generates electric current by diverting electrons produced from the microbial oxidation of reduced compounds (also known as fuel or electron donor) on the anode to oxidized compounds such as oxygen (also known as oxidizing agent or electron acceptor) on the cathode through an external electrical circuit. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial_fuel_cell

MFC #1

Fuel cell that harvests electrons from the bacteria in mud

• https://www.instructables.com/Microbial-Fuel-Cell-Of-Science/

MFC #2

microbial fuel cell (MFC) with household items and materials - The fuel cell will consume the algae (or other organic material) with two significant by-products, electricity (always useful) and methane gas. https://www.instructables.com/Simple-Algae-Home-CO2-Scrubber-Part-III-An-Algae/