FROM HAND TO MOUTH, 2023
PHB 3D printing, steel, glass, workshop crane, PHB bacteria (including Cupriavidus necator), tubes, pump, 235 x 190 x 80 cm
Exhibition view Renaissance 3.0, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe 2023
The glass fermenter contains a replica of the right hand from Michelangelo’s David, made of PHB. The same bacteria that produce the material gradually metabolise it, altering its form.
PHB 3D printing, steel, glass, workshop crane, PHB bacteria (including Cupriavidus necator), tubes, pump, 235 x 190 x 80 cm
Exhibition view Renaissance 3.0, ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien, Karlsruhe 2023
The glass fermenter contains a replica of the right hand from Michelangelo’s David, made of PHB. The same bacteria that produce the material gradually metabolise it, altering its form.