Stefan Schwabe
2010-12
The Kernels of Chimaera
This machine contains living bacteria that produce cellulose from green tea. Each day, the machine automatically harvests a layer of bacterial cellulose that has grown in one of the nine reactor jars. The cellulose is then picked up by a vacuum arm and placed within a small wooden clamp to be inflated by a syringe. Finally, once the inflated cellulose has dried, it is carried upwards by a flow of air and begins to levitate.
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Harvesting the cellulose, Detail

Syringe and wooden clamp, Detail

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