This living system can then be fed back into itself using real-time data sonification, creating a generative sound sculpture.
Additional audio-visual material will accompany the core of the installation like hyphae of the mycelial net touching upon relative topics within water contamination, run-off disposal, flooding/dystopia, remediation/reclamation and implementation.
Current Experiments/Next Steps:
Initial inoculation of a primary substrate has begun. Fermentation of dead organic material will begin soon and overlap the inoculation timeline. By January, all organic material and substrata will be fully intertwined and be testable for mycofiltration.
The system, once complete will look as such: Primary dirty-water collection vessel, secondary mycofiltration vessel and tertiary collection vessel in a step-down tandem, utilizing gravity to move the process stage to stage.
Once this system is constructed, it will be mobile and be fitted with various sensors and/or circuitry for compositional possibilities.
I default to the basic term of ‘artist’ as I am interested in any medium that is useful or required for realizing work just as a gardener is a term that encompasses many specific botanical practices and does not attach itself to any specific plant.
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“I’m interested in natural processes, forces and phenomena as fundamental material for my practice as an artist.
Sustainability and the inherent connection we have with our environment are of interest to me as I try to be conscious of the materials I’m using for my art as well as the general amount of materials I engage with day to day. I think Los Angeles has a lot of potential for remediation. Effective bioremediation processes take place over natural time scales which would require new perspectives for future infrastructure development.” - MB