- New alliances
Niche deploys the techniques of a bioreactor as an example of architectural coexistence between the mycelium and the algae micro-organisms. Taking inspiration from the existence of lichens, which are the result of a symbiotic relationship between these organisms, Niche translates a scientific process and a technology into an artistic work to explain co-existance theory and how a specific framework in Nature can maintain species diversity between two organisms under a specific environment. The work follows a scientific protocol developed by the TU Institute of Biotechnology in Berlin and was produced in their laboratory. The name Niche derives from the scientific term, “ecological niche”, which describes the match of species to a characteristic environmental condition and how an organism or a population responds to the distribution of resources and competitors. Niche shows how lichens work questioning what we can learn from biological systems and how to integrate them in our daily life.
Niche. An example of coexistence
©Fara Peluso 2020
Installation and living sculpture hosting a fungi and algae co-cultivation developed in collaboration with Prof. Peter Neubauer and Dr. Stefan Junne from TU Berlin’s Institute of Biotechnology and Art Laboratory Berlin for the collaborative project “Mind the Fungi”. Photos ©Tim Deussen
Niche and Zweisamkeit
©Fara Peluso 2020
A fungi and algae co-cultivation installation and a sculpture made of an algae and fungi based bioplastic. The projects were developed in collaboration with two departments of TU Berlin’s Institute of Biotechnology – Prof. Vera Meyer’s Department of Applied Molecular Microbiology and Prof. Peter Neubauer’s Department of Bioprocess Engineering and with Art Laboratory Berlin for the collaborative project “Mind the Fungi”.
Photos ©Tim Deussen
Niche and Zweisamkeit
©Fara Peluso 2020
A fungi and algae co-cultivation installation and a sculpture made of an algae and fungi based bioplastic. The projects were developed in collaboration with two departments of TU Berlin’s Institute of Biotechnology – Prof. Vera Meyer’s Department of Applied Molecular Microbiology and Prof. Peter Neubauer’s Department of Bioprocess Engineering and with Art Laboratory Berlin for the collaborative project “Mind the Fungi”.
Photos ©Tim Deussen
Niche. An example of coexistance
©Fara Peluso 2020
Example of living organism resulting from a coexistence between fungi and algae microorganisms. The project were developed in collaboration with Prof. Peter Neubauer and Dr. Stefan Junne from TU Berlin’s Institute of Biotechnology and Art Laboratory Berlin for the collaborative project “Mind the Fungi”.
Photos ©Tim Deussen
mydia
@Fara Peluso 2020
Research sketches Landscape Poetry @Fara Peluso 2020
A new organic algae and fungi based material developed during the project “Mind the Fungi” Artist & Design Residency Program in collaboration with TU Berlin’s Institute of Biotechnology (Dptm. of Applied Molecular Microbiology) and Art Laboratory Berlin.
Research sketches Landscape Poetry for the design works Niche and Zweisamkeit.
Photos ©Tim Deussen
