STATEMENT
Reading about NASA’s findings on Mars and observing terrestrial fossils are how I first started my sculptural body of work surrounding the search for traces of life. I make skeletal fossil plates and growth plates that signify evidence of living organisms. I work with materials that allow these forms to appear and disappear, the same way new organisms evolve and are discovered as well as become extinct and are preserved.
Combining scientific techniques and sculptural practices, I grow symbiotic bacteria and fungus cultures that can be used as a sustainable paper source as well as designing the growth of slime mold, sculpting mycelium, and painting with bioluminescent bacteria. My research includes astrobiology, mycology, evolution, geology, biology, astrophysics, astronomy and environmental science.
Art and science are similar in process, discovery, and concept. It is important for science to have a strong role in our culture, which is why many artists, including myself, are trying to bring science into art with the hope of creating progress and curiosity.
Reading about NASA’s findings on Mars and observing terrestrial fossils are how I first started my sculptural body of work surrounding the search for traces of life. I make skeletal fossil plates and growth plates that signify evidence of living organisms. I work with materials that allow these forms to appear and disappear, the same way new organisms evolve and are discovered as well as become extinct and are preserved.
Combining scientific techniques and sculptural practices, I grow symbiotic bacteria and fungus cultures that can be used as a sustainable paper source as well as designing the growth of slime mold, sculpting mycelium, and painting with bioluminescent bacteria. My research includes astrobiology, mycology, evolution, geology, biology, astrophysics, astronomy and environmental science.
Art and science are similar in process, discovery, and concept. It is important for science to have a strong role in our culture, which is why many artists, including myself, are trying to bring science into art with the hope of creating progress and curiosity.