{"id":11209,"date":"2021-07-15T18:17:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T16:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/?page_id=11209"},"modified":"2026-03-02T18:18:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:18:39","slug":"bio-lumina-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/projects\/bio-lumina-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bio.Lumina"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bio.Lumina<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-verse\">Residency at BioLab 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"842\" height=\"595\" src=\"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BioLab__Shuyun_Liu_Stefanie_Putsch_gedruckte_biomasse_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BioLab__Shuyun_Liu_Stefanie_Putsch_gedruckte_biomasse_web.jpg 842w, https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BioLab__Shuyun_Liu_Stefanie_Putsch_gedruckte_biomasse_web-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 842px) 100vw, 842px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns has-2-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The relationship between humans and their environment is constantly changing. We explore the potential of human interaction with living matter for possible futures. What opportunities for microbial cooperation arise from biotechnological processes? How can we use today&#8217;s renewable resources more responsibly \u2013 viewing them as symbiotic partners rather than resources? These and other questions are raised through the development of experimental setups, artefacts and scenarios.<br>Our research takes the Hawaiian bobtail squid as its model: in its light organ, it cultivates bioluminescent bacteria, Aliivibrio fischeri \u2013 a living light.<br>Our goal was and is to transfer the squid&#8217;s abilities to different contexts and materials in order to embed living microorganisms \u2013 including others beyond the luminous bacteria \u2013 into products.<br>We present initial attempts to embed microorganisms in various materials using manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing and electrospinning, and provide an insight into a diverse range of material futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Call #1<\/em><br><em>3D Farming<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The task was to<br>1. explore the creative potential of 3D with bioluminescent bacteria. This involved exploring materials and systems, developing structures, establishing processes, and asking questions about multi-materiality, adaptivity, growth, and 3-dimensionality&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. to develop concepts and ideas that could lead to creative possibilities and applications, and to present these as scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Call #2<\/em><br><em>Embed the Living<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The task was to<br>1. integrate various living microorganisms into different materials and thereby raise questions about living products. Is there such a thing as biological obsolescence? Do living products have senses or biosensors? What does it mean when we have to \u2018take care\u2019 of materials and they are perishable?2. to develop concepts and ideas about the design possibilities and applications that could arise from this and to present these as scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Call #3 (Design Studies)<\/em><br><em>Design (with) the Living<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The starting point is theoretical and design-related questions at the interface between biology and design and at the boundary between nature, culture, technology and design. How relevant is working with living microorganisms for design? How does the relationship between humans and microbes change when microorganisms become a living part of products? How does this affect our relationship with things? Do we have to take care of them? Do we want to take care of them?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table alignright is-style-regular\"><table><tbody><tr><td>supported by:<br><br><br><br><\/td><td>Prof. Mareike Gast<br>Prof. Pablo Abend<br>Dr. Falko Matthes <br>Andi Wagner<br>&amp; Johann Bauerfeind<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>year:<\/td><td>2021<br><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>level:<\/td><td>3th year BA + MA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bio.Lumina Residency at BioLab 2021 The relationship between humans and their environment is constantly changing. We explore the potential of human interaction with living matter for possible futures. What opportunities for microbial cooperation arise from biotechnological processes? How can we use today&#8217;s renewable resources more responsibly \u2013 viewing them as symbiotic partners rather than resources? &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/projects\/bio-lumina-2\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u201eBio.Lumina\u201c<\/span> weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11151,"parent":360,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,13],"tags":[],"coauthors":[24],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11209"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11209"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11231,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11209\/revisions\/11231"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11209"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.burg-halle.de\/gast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}