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Nolan-Bioartist
Hunter Cole
http://www.huntercole.org/
Cole's Process of Artmaking is quite interesting-
incorporates less conventional artistic methods as well. Perhaps the most scientific and unexpected of these is her work with bioluminescent bacteria. When working with the unusual media, Cole harnesses light created by a chemical reaction in a living cell to produce original artwork.Cole grows the bacteria in a liquid culture, and then uses the culture as her paint, applying it to a gelatinous augur in a petri dish, as if the augur were a canvas. When applied, the culture is clear, but over a 24 hour period it slowly begins to glow, becoming more visible. For the two weeks following the culture’s application, as the bacteria grows and dies, the drawing changes.
