SYMBIOTIC CARETAKING
glass installation, 2022-2023
materials: glass, living microorganisms — live bacteria and microbes, yeasts, fungi, digital photos
glass blowers: andra jõgis, rait lõhmus and elle kannike
in the ongoing times of the anthropocene we might consider rethinking ourselves. attempt to localize our position within an interspecies network, situate ourselves as a part of this diverse collectivity, demonstrate respect for other-than-human, take care for each other and benefit from each other. cooking in collaboration with living microorganisms is an observation of interdependency and life sustaining care — i feed them and they feed me. such an entangled way of life is possible even in an urban environment, the lifestyle i and most of the global population follow. the collection of my microcollaborators could also be regarded as a sort of noah’s ark on the way out of the anthropocene.