BIOLABMATRIX & INTERESPECIES LATENTES  © 2023

BioLabMatrix, 2023  
Biomaterials with spirulina biomass, Petri dishes, acrylic, light box
200 x 100 x 2 cm

Biological treatment methods for contaminated water and soil involve the use of microorganisms or vegetation. These biological agents have the ability to degrade pollutants and transform them into less harmful substances, as well as to absorb and accumulate them. Among the various environmental remediation methods, the potential of phyco-remediation is being explored. This environmental technique employs microalgae (cyanobacteria) and macroalgae (commonly called algae) to reduce or eliminate contaminants present in water or soil.

The installation is conceived as an experimental laboratory for biomaterial samples, the common element of which is the use of spirulina biomass (fresh or dried) in their testing and formulation. BioLabMatrix is constituted as a material library, whose arrangement is determined by a hexagonal matrix. An invisible lattice that, like a game table activated by light, brings us closer to the materiality of the tissues tested and protected in glass Petri dishes. A mosaic of connectors, links and hexagons that helps us to reinterpret impossible formulas in our bioexpositor.

Interespecies latentes is a generative projection that uses the microscopic look as a door to a visual, dynamic and magnetic world, which shows us the multiplying capacity of cyanobacteria or microalgae. The circle functions as a microscopic peephole, but also as an aseptic container where biologists analyze their samples. Change and transformation act as a motor and magnet for living, resilient and hopeful nature. Their images are based on physical biomaterialities that merge to introduce us into a world of images generated by artificial intelligence and generative elements. The audio has been programmed and mixed from royalty-free sources.

Interespecies latentes © 2023
Video projection with audio.  Format: HD 1920 x 1080
Codec: H264, 6 min
Conceptualization:  Esther Pizarro and Markus Schroll
Production: Markus Schroll

CREDITS ::

Conceptualization: Esther Pizarro
Production: Esther Pizarro Studio
Technology: Markus Schroll
Audiovisual: Markus Schroll
Funding: Project carried out with the support of the Diputación de Huesca and the Ministry of Culture and Sports.

Winning project of the Contract for the development of artistic projects of creation and research Ramón Acín 2021.

Winning project of the Ministry of Culture and Sport's Grants for the Promotion of Spanish Contemporary Art, creation and artistic production 2022.

EXHIBITED IN ::

Sala Diputación Provincial de Huesca.  “Ecologías Fragmentadas :: Contaminación Hídrica (42º30’52’’N; 0º21’6’’W)”. Diputación Provincial de Huesca, Huesca, España. 06/10/2023 al 19/11/2023

ASSOCIATED CATALOG ::

Pizarro, Esther (2023); Catálogo: Ecologías Fragmentadas :: Contaminación Hídrica (42º30´52´´N; 0º21´6´´W). Autor libro. Textos: David Barro y Esther Pizarro.  Edita: Diputación Provincial de Huesca. Extensión: 136 páginas. Idioma: español. Formato: 17 x 21 cm. Encuadernación: tapa blanda. ISBN: 978-84-19322-03-6. DL: HU 177-2023

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