Ars Electronica Festival · 2013
Microbial Schöppingen
by Mick Lorusso
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2013
Mick Lorusso's “Microbial Schöppingen” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2013, category Hybrid Art.
_Microbial Schöppingen_, a model based on an old German village, acts as a parallel town where communities of bacteria inhabit Plexiglas houses where they work together to create light. These anaerobic bacteria make an electrical current as they break down food scraps (mostly sugars and carbohydrates) into smaller…
About Mick Lorusso
Mick Lorusso (US/MX) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Mexico City. Through sculpture, drawing, installations and interactions he re-examines energy as a mysterious force that keeps us alive, runs our technologies and interconnects the microscopic to…
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