Photosynthesising Flowerpots

Photosynthesising Flowerpots brings human artefact and living environment together in a symbiotic relationship. A porous pot structure and photosynthetic cyanobacteria grow in tandem to form an artefact. While the pot structure supports, or hosts, cyanobacteria and feeds them with soil, moisture, daylight and air, the photosynthetic microorganisms strengthen the structure of the flowerpot through biomineralisation.

PHOTOSYNTHESISING FLOWERPOTS

PHOTOSYNTHESISING FLOWERPOTS © Photo credits TAKAHASHI Kenji – Photo courtesy of Tokyo Arts and Space INSTALLATION Concept: LarbitsSisters Robotic arm programming: Gergely Péter Barna Digital manufacturing: Gergely Péter Barna Manufacturing assistance: Tomohiro Inoue Incubator design and development: Thomas Ortiz & Gergely Péter Barna Biomaterials: Kazutoshi Tsuda Archiving support: Takumi Yoshida Supported by: Production Grant Flanders…