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Laboratory: on the possibility of glass beetles

Datum
Uhrzeit
Organisationseinheiten
Bildende Kunst
Ort, Treffpunkt (1)
Atelierhaus
Ort, Adresse (1)
Lehárgasse 8
Ort, PLZ und/oder Ort (1)
1060 Wien
Ort, Raum (1)
EG Nord

Performance von Inessa Saarits
Fachbereich Kunst mit erweiterter malerischer Raum - Aktion/Skulptur/Installation im öffentlichen Raum

There is not enough sand for construction work anymore. Most of the sand on the planet is too smooth or contains too much chloride for building purposes. At the same time a mushroom has been trained to digest cigarette butts. This kind of litter is collected all around in Australia by a company "Fungi solutions" for the mushrooms to eat the microplastics in the filters and to leave behind mycelium. Could glass beetles be the digestion force for remaking sand from glass?

What happens when they escape the lab?