Abstract
‘Sea Shadow’ explores algal material transformation and metabolic digestion beyond bodily boundaries in relation to feminist philosophies of science and pioneering work with seaweeds by Fanny Hesse and Anna Atkins.
The work features an installation composed of three main elements: a hanging sculpture, seaweed bioculture and Van Dyke seaweed prints. Each element considers different ecological processes in relation to macroalgae. The installation features a hanging sculpture of pressed macro-algae samples alongside an agar plate with a seaweed sample and live biological cultures and a series of Van Dyke brown algae prints.
‘Sea Shadow’ was the culmination of a two-week residency at Cultivamos Cultura (July 2017), where notions of interspecies relationality, microbial mingling and the trans-corporeal were investigated in the lab, the kitchen, around the dinner table and the sweaty spaces between. Over the course of two weeks, my work evolved through a series of writings, artworks, cooking experiments and conversations, which considered feminist histories of algae research, multispecies entanglement and climate collapse.
This work has been exhibited:
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa Gallery, Lisboa, from February 8th to 27th 2024
Penafiel Municipal Museum, Penafiel, from January 16th to February 9th 2020
Entre Vagos
Cultivamos Cultura Gallery, São Luís, from August 12th to September 8th 2017
Palimpsesto
The work features an installation composed of three main elements: a hanging sculpture, seaweed bioculture and Van Dyke seaweed prints. Each element considers different ecological processes in relation to macroalgae. The installation features a hanging sculpture of pressed macro-algae samples alongside an agar plate with a seaweed sample and live biological cultures and a series of Van Dyke brown algae prints.
‘Sea Shadow’ was the culmination of a two-week residency at Cultivamos Cultura (July 2017), where notions of interspecies relationality, microbial mingling and the trans-corporeal were investigated in the lab, the kitchen, around the dinner table and the sweaty spaces between. Over the course of two weeks, my work evolved through a series of writings, artworks, cooking experiments and conversations, which considered feminist histories of algae research, multispecies entanglement and climate collapse.
This work has been exhibited:
Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Lisboa Gallery, Lisboa, from February 8th to 27th 2024
Penafiel Municipal Museum, Penafiel, from January 16th to February 9th 2020
Entre Vagos
Cultivamos Cultura Gallery, São Luís, from August 12th to September 8th 2017
Palimpsesto
| Original language | English |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2024 |
