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'''<big><u>Growing of Physarum</u></big>''' | '''<big><u>Growing of Physarum</u></big>''' | ||
To be able to use the plasmodium for projects or study purposes, bigger cultures of Physarum have to be grown. | To be able to use the plasmodium for projects or study purposes, bigger cultures of Physarum have to be grown. | ||
'''<big>Step 1: Preparing petri dishes:</big>''' | '''<big>Step 1: Preparing petri dishes:</big>''' | ||
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* Stir and heat the mixture until it's boiling (by using the stovetop or microwave) and take it off the heat before it boils over | * Stir and heat the mixture until it's boiling (by using the stovetop or microwave) and take it off the heat before it boils over | ||
* Pour the mixture into the petri dishes until they are max. halfway full, close the lids and let them cool down until the medium has solidified | * Pour the mixture into the petri dishes until they are max. halfway full, close the lids and let them cool down until the medium has solidified | ||
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File:Physarum preserved.jpg|Physarum preserved | File:Physarum preserved.jpg|Physarum preserved | ||
File:Physarum preserved2.jpg|Physarum preserved day 1 | File:Physarum preserved2.jpg|Physarum preserved day 1 | ||
</gallery>'''<big>Step 4: Taking care of Physarum</big>''' | </gallery> | ||
'''<big>Step 4: Taking care of Physarum</big>''' | |||
To keep the slime mold from escaping it has to be fed regularly. How often and in what way it has to be fed depends on the purpose of the culture. It is possible to do this under the flow hood in an attempt to keep things sterile, however it is also possible to do it on the usual work space (disinfect first and still keep hands and tweezers clean) | To keep the slime mold from escaping it has to be fed regularly. How often and in what way it has to be fed depends on the purpose of the culture. It is possible to do this under the flow hood in an attempt to keep things sterile, however it is also possible to do it on the usual work space (disinfect first and still keep hands and tweezers clean) | ||
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File:Day 9..jpg|Day 9 | File:Day 9..jpg|Day 9 | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
'''<u><big>Projects with Physarum Policephalum</big></u>''' | '''<u><big>Projects with Physarum Policephalum</big></u>''' | ||
'''<big>Improving Tokyo's rail system (by Atsushi Tero from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan)</big>''' | '''<big>Improving Tokyo's rail system (by Atsushi Tero from Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan)</big>''' | ||
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'''<big> | '''<big>"Fusion" - Creating Art(ist) with slime mold (Project by Hanna Bremerich, Bauhaus Universität Weimar)</big>''' | ||
With this project I planned on permanently fusing the artwork and the artist together so that they are completely inseparable. Usually the answer to the question of how much of a connection there is between an artist and their work isn't a trivial one. There is no doubt that because of the intention and the process of creating the artwork there is always "a part" of the artist themselves integrated in the painting but mostly it's not always a physical connection and that is exactly what I wanted to achieve: An artwork that is the artist themselves at the same time. | With this project I planned on permanently fusing the artwork and the artist together so that they are completely inseparable. Usually the answer to the question of how much of a connection there is between an artist and their work isn't a trivial one. There is no doubt that because of the intention and the process of creating the artwork there is always "a part" of the artist themselves integrated in the painting but mostly it's not always a physical connection and that is exactly what I wanted to achieve: An artwork that is the artist themselves at the same time. | ||
[[File:Sketch Physarum.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Sketch]] | [[File:Sketch Physarum.jpg|thumb|271x271px|Sketch]] | ||
* To start the project I studied the movement of the slime mold during our course "Growing microorganisms for bioart projects" so that I could create a drawing which the slime mold theoretically could create in a similar way. [[File:Fusion1.jpg|thumb|270x270px|Day 1]] | * To start the project I studied the movement of the slime mold during our course "Growing microorganisms for bioart projects" so that I could create a drawing which the slime mold theoretically could create in a similar way. [[File:Fusion1.jpg|thumb|270x270px|Day 1]] | ||
* I prepared plastic dishes with an agar-agar-medium in the dimensions of a A4-sheet | * I prepared plastic dishes with an agar-agar-medium in the dimensions of a A4-sheet | ||
* I placed the oat flakes with Physarum on them in the spots of bigger "blobs" and the food on the spots with | * I placed the oat flakes with Physarum on them in the spots of bigger "blobs" and the food on the spots with that represented the individual flakes | ||
* I checked on the slime mold every day and kept placing new oat flakes onto the same spots every day so that the slime mold would hopefully not move away from the spots resembled in the drawing and would create something similar | * I checked on the slime mold every day and kept placing new oat flakes onto the same spots every day so that the slime mold would hopefully not move away from the spots resembled in the drawing and would create something similar | ||
* After 14 days I ended the project | |||
* The slime mold created multiple versions that were similar to the drawing, however day 11-14 were the closest | |||
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File:Fusion2.jpg|Day 2 | |||
File:Fusion3.jpg|Day 3 | |||
File:Fusion4.jpg|Day 4 | |||
File:Fusion5.jpg|Day 5 | |||
File:Fusion6.jpg|Day 6 | |||
File:Fusion7.jpg|Day 7 | |||
File:Fusion8.jpg|Day 8 | |||
File:Fusion9.jpg|Day 9 | |||
File:Fusion10.jpg|Day 10 | |||
File:Fusion11.jpg|Day 11 | |||
File:Fusion12.jpg|Day 12 | |||
File:Fusion13.jpg|Day 13 | |||
File:Fusion14.jpg|Day 14 | |||
</gallery> | |||
//Doku by Hanna Bremerich | |||