Miserable Machines: Soot-o-mat / Špela Petrič
Photo showing Miserable Machines: Soot-o-mat at the bunker exhibition at POSTCITY. In this work mussels are lashed into an electro-stimulated design apparatus to make a vase. They are allowed to relax up to a certain point, then shocked, prompting movement that scratches a design onto the object. The resulting form might be seen as a sobering memento mori, a reflection on manufacturing processes that exploit biology.
credit: tom mesic
Miserable Machines: Soot-o-mat / Špela Petrič
Photo showing Miserable Machines: Soot-o-mat at the bunker exhibition at POSTCITY. In this work mussels are lashed into an electro-stimulated design apparatus to make a vase. They are allowed to relax up to a certain point, then shocked, prompting movement that scratches a design onto the object. The resulting form might be seen as a sobering memento mori, a reflection on manufacturing processes that exploit biology.
credit: tom mesic