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earthcode/ergot proposed an open laboratory and small library focusing on the culturing of the parasitic Claviceps Purpurea (ergot) fungus, its rich history and mythology and a speculative connection to contemporary software and logical infrastructural structures. During the short residency a working sketch was implemented for the potential interactions of cultured ergot and the elements of an earth computer, allowing the earth to manipulate, code and store computational or logical structures. A small publication also was produced, documenting ergot and associated research. The audience was invited to witness and join parts of the readings/masquerade/ offering-invocation-research process, and potentially to contribute to the publication.
earthcode/ergot extends the artist's previous research on projects such as Sketches for an earth computer, and Tiny Mining, a mineral exploration co-operative and community committed to the open source exploitation of the interior of the human body for rare earth and other mineral resources.
Towards the construction of a series of ergot incubators and prototype ruined/brutalist grain/ergot storage architectures, alongside the specification of an ergot network protocol and server architecture which runs across these incubation platforms. Examining intertwined “life/death” cycles of ergot, human grain storage and bread making, physiology of ergot poisoning and dosage, and storage/server technologies.
1.nov
7pm: presentation of the endeavor
and the connected research: readings, masquerade,offering-invocation, drinks, snacks
14.-18. nov 11am-6pm open lab - just come by, we're there -
5. dec 7pm presentation of the findings and the publication
and the connected research: readings, masquerade,offering-invocation, drinks, snacks
14.-18. nov 11am-6pm open lab - just come by, we're there -
5. dec 7pm presentation of the findings and the publication
questions or interested? just drop us a line via email
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