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Exhibition
Bioreactors
Three Exhibition Bioreactors are the protective
environments for the sculptures and are in the research stage.
The bioreactors will function as self-contained environments that
house tissue cultured art pieces, which are enabled to carry out
their cellular life and death cycles during exhibition. A bioreactor
emulates the conditions similar to the body’s state of homeostasis
(physiological stability) and normal cell function. In a completely
artificial setting, the simulation of gas, nutrient and waste
exchanges are monitored and adjusted according to the age, pH
levels and condition of the tissue culture specimens in their
stages of development or decay.
The Exhibition Bioreactors are art pieces.
Considering aesthetics of art/laboratory installation and the
practicality of culturing three-dimensional tissue culture specimens,
the display glass vessels will be customized according to my personal
design preferences and biological functionality. Three bioreactors
that exhibit diverse cellular activity during fluctuating life
cycles are based on the same mechanical design that are composed
of: the display glass vessel, its water jacket/heater, a magnetic
drive for impeller rotation of the attached sculpture, electronic
sensors to monitor biological changes, an exhaust condenser to
control evaporation and a sterile outlet for liquid sample extraction.
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