Feeding Appliance

The life cycle of tissue culture specimens are regulated manually since the culture plate has a three dimensional shape and the in vitro environment is unorthodox to usual laboratory protocol. The challenge of sustaining living artwork is that each piece will self organize its cell proliferation, depending on the size of the vessel, extracellular matrix used and provision of nutrients within a time period. Upon determining average pH valuation ranges within the context of cellular metabolism, gas exchange rates between organism and vessel enclosure, and the factors of cell density within the extracellular matrix, these variables will pose as markers or input for an exhibition bioreactor and feedback functions. The feeding appliance consist of portals for input of new media, output of waste media, additional portals for gas exchange and monitoring devices such as the pH probe in this customized vessel.

Tabletop lab image source: Brian Degger, 2008