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-===Phase 1 :: Basic Research===
+== Gourmet Food x Slime Mold ==
-In order to develop a meaningful project idea about and with ''Physarum polycephalum'', I came to the conclusion that I must first explore the artistic qualities as well as the growth process of the slime mold. In the course of this, some photos and videos were made with the help of the microscopes available in the laboratory. Especially the vein-like structure and the nutrient transport of the slime mold were examined more closely with the help of photo- and videographed material. This resulted in a variety of aesthetically pleasing results.
+The project ties in with the question that had been foreshadowed during the research. What does ''Physarum Polycephalum'' like to eat? Is there a preferred source of nutrition; a „gourmet food“ for the slime mold? For the examination oats are prepared in different ways – ground, pureed with liquid, left in liquid to soak overnight. Additionally, other foods and organic materials are arranged together with the oatmeal on a small plate. Little bubbles with nutritionally enhanced agar provide the slime mold with the necessary moisture, while swooshes of ''Escherichia coli'' bacteria provide additional nutrition. Finally the arrangement is topped with a small selection of microgreens. A time-lapse recording makes the eating behavior of the slime mold tangible and provides for a subsequent artistic-scientific evaluation of the consumption patterns.
-{{#ev:vimeo|644835225}}
 <gallery>
-File:image-000.jpg|''Figure 1''
+File:PLATE.png|''Figure 14 :: food arrangement''
-File:image-001.jpg|''Figure 2''
+File:PLATE2.png|''Figure 15 :: overgrown plate''
-File:image-002.jpg|''Figure 3''
-File:image-003.jpg|''Figure 4''
-File:image-004.jpg|''Figure 5''
-File:image-005.jpg|''Figure 6''
 </gallery>
-===Phase 2 :: Time Lapse – Growth Research :: Social Slime?===
+Besides the mere investigation, the work aims to provide a change of perspective for both the slime mold and the observer. The food is adapted to the (speculated) nutritional specifics of the slime mold and plays with its expectations through surprises. Therefore a work is created that does not have the human being in the center of attention. This non-human centered design asks what we can learn through inverted or subverted power relations, where the human actor is not on top of the hierarchy. How can this influence our choices and our motivation to create?
-In the second phase, ''Physarum polycephalum'' was studied using time-lapse photography. Time-lapse recordings were tried out in different settings in order to build up a functioning set-up for the examinations/recordings.
+===Time Lapse – Growth Research :: Social Slime?===
+''Physarum polycephalum'' was studied using time-lapse photography. Time-lapse recordings were tried out in different settings in order to build up a functioning set-up for the examinations/recordings.
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 </gallery>
-== Phase 3 :: Gourmet Food x Slime Mold ==
+===Basic Research===
-Phase 3 ties in with the question that had been foreshadowed in Phase 2. What does ''Physarum Polycephalum'' like to eat? Is there a preferred source of nutrition; a „gourmet food“ for the slime mold? For the examination oats are prepared in different ways – ground, pureed with liquid, left in liquid to soak overnight. Additionally, other foods and organic materials are arranged together with the oatmeal on a small plate. Little bubbles with nutritionally enhanced agar provide the slime mold with the necessary moisture, while swooshes of ''Escherichia coli'' bacteria provide additional nutrition. Finally the arrangement is topped with a small selection of microgreens. A time-lapse recording makes the eating behavior of the slime mold tangible and provides for a subsequent artistic-scientific evaluation of the consumption patterns.
+In order to develop a meaningful project idea about and with ''Physarum polycephalum'', I came to the conclusion that I must first explore the artistic qualities as well as the growth process of the slime mold. In the course of this, some photos and videos were made with the help of the microscopes available in the laboratory. Especially the vein-like structure and the nutrient transport of the slime mold were examined more closely with the help of photo- and videographed material. This resulted in a variety of aesthetically pleasing results.
+{{#ev:vimeo|644835225}}
 <gallery>
-File:PLATE.png|''Figure 14 :: food arrangement''
+File:image-000.jpg|''Figure 1''
-File:PLATE2.png|''Figure 15 :: overgrown plate''
+File:image-001.jpg|''Figure 2''
+File:image-002.jpg|''Figure 3''
+File:image-003.jpg|''Figure 4''
+File:image-004.jpg|''Figure 5''
+File:image-005.jpg|''Figure 6''
 </gallery>
-Besides the mere investigation, the work aims to provide a change of perspective for both the slime mold and the observer. The food is adapted to the (speculated) nutritional specifics of the slime mold and plays with its expectations through surprises. Therefore a work is created that does not have the human being in the center of attention. This non-human centered design asks what we can learn through inverted or subverted power relations, where the human actor is not on top of the hierarchy. How can this influence our choices and our motivation to create?