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LABORANT
LABORANT (Lab assistant), 2012
steel, plastic, glass, magnetic stirrer, 138 x 200 x 120 cm
exhibition view FLY ROOM, Galerie Elisabeth & Klaus Thoman, Vienna 2012

On LABORANT, algae cells are fermented by bacteria to produce glucose. The glucose is later used as painting material for a series of portraits entitled FLY ROOM and supplies the sculpture CANDYDE, which produces alcohol in its function as fermenting flask and still.