super-natural 2012

scrying mirror with 'tituba' projection

this time last year i was working with newcastle based artist sneha solanki on her project super-natural.

inspired by the crossovers between synthetic biology and witchcraft, solanki spent time as artist in residence working in the emerging area of 'synthetic biology' at the centre for bacterial cell biology, newcastle university. here she spent a number of months developing synthetic life from atcg data, enzymes, proteins and chemical reactions.

the findings of this research were exhibited in super-natural at vane gallery as part of the av12 festival 2,804 still images of the created life were animated and viewed though a scrying mirror. 

for the project i made a large fused and etched scrying mirror on which a timelapse microscopy was projected. i also distorted a collection of scientific glassware which was shown as part of the installation.

installation view

manipulated scientific glass and scrying mirror with projection

shelving with manipulated glass

exhibition photography: lindsay duncanson and colin davison, courtesy of av festival