I have always had a special connection with ‘skin’ (I’m not referring specifically to skin here, but any object that creates a sense of envelopment). I take pleasure in observing how skin can be contorted, stretched, lifted, and imprinted. I am drawn to the states brought about by the tension of force and matter pulling out of the skin. It is an invisible yet seemingly tangible force, a state that allows me to feel two completely opposite and even contradictory sensations at the same time.
Knowing that E.coli will gradually “disappear” after a while of growth (it is actually that the bacteria spread out on plate so the color fades out), I want to grasp and make art out of this characteristic. The 语气词, similar to interjections in English (I’m still trying to find the best translation), in Chinese language are always at the end of a sentence and all of them don’t have a tone, which is rare in Chinese because generally speaking every word has a tone. That makes 语气词 unremarkable and is easy to be ignored. So I want these words to be displayed in an already faded state.
Using mycelium to express the joy of collaboration.
Making a hat out of Reishi Mycelium.
Bacterial cellulose plaque featuring the creator of Nata De Coco.
Mimicking cave paintings with CRISPR and fluorescent red Ecoli.
This piece is conceptually rooted in my current thesis practice of making holes and exploring tranparencies.
Using bacterial cellulose, cotton twine, and natural dye to mimic decaying skin.
A series of bacterial drawings reflecting on cleanliness and fear of contamination.
Knit a Sweater, ecoli drawing
The piece consists of bacterial cellulose, grown from G.hansenii cells, with an image in cyanotype and formed onto a baby doll. It’s a memorial, both thinking about the children and babies in Gaza and also the children who have been impacted by floodwater.
Bacterial drawings of E.coli were used to create short animations tracking the growth of cells and allowing the texture of the cell cultures to take the form of motions of rain and notions of my homeland.
Anna Ervin Hibiscus, bacterial cellulose, mycelium, silk, clay, 2022 This piece is a combination of my mycelium work and my…
By using symbols that have been found in art since the days of cave painting and materials that have to some degree existed long before the modern day, my piece attempts to make connections with the artisans of the past
Exploring the tree of life form with modern materials and contexts.
A hat grown with bacterial cellulose, and dyed using Jacquard MX dye.
A mycelium milk jug, and a sculptural interaction between mycelium and metal.
Combines the bacterial cellulose and brussel sprouts branch to recreate a new plant.
Karina Ye, Illustration, 2023 Mycelium is the begining and base of mushroom life. Water is the source of all life.…
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An imagined lab grown wet specimen.
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