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A Gardener becoming Soap
exposition at Trompenburg Arboretum, Rotterdam
A Gardener becoming Soap
polaroids in petri dishes
A Gardener becoming Soap
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A Gardener becoming Soap
exposition at Trompenburg Arboretum, Rotterdam
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A GARDENER
BECOMING SOAP
Noun /soʊp/ a metaphor to represent the action of bringing together two seemingly incompatible elements, culture and nature
In this performative research polaroids are overgrown by bacteria colonies. to create a new medium of art: Performative Photography.
Polaroids are made with gelatin, this makes it possible to let them vanish by bacteria and mould. Placing the polaroid in a petri dish, will let the colonies first grow on Agar Agar, until they are strong enough to eat through this layer and start eating the gelatin of a polaroid.
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