Week 2
Acrylic, Spirogyra (long-haired algae), glass, flexline tubing, LEDS
4d x 16h x 14w IN
Scrubber Tank (Bioreactor #3), 2020
Metro PicturesNew York, NY
Organized by Gallery Kendra Jayne Patrick
Seating Chart for a Fall Dinner Party in a Pandemic (2020) is a group exhibition previously on view at Metro Pictures (New York, NY). For the exhibition, the pictured bioreactor Scrubber Tank grew Spirogyra, a long haired algae sourced from the shallows located at the banks of the Los Angeles river. The tank mimicked the natural filtration systems of indigenous long hair filaments, removing nitrates and other pollutants from the water. This scrubber system is incidentally often designed for amateur home aquarium systems. However, unlike residential tanks, the objective of this piece is to generate an overpopulation of Spirogyra in order to replicate algae growth resulting from human pollution.
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