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Lena Kuzmich's avatar

Hi Laura,

I just came across this entry and felt compelled to reach out. I’m currently collaborating with Paolo Bombelli, Joshua Lawrence, and Alberto Scarampi—the authors of the paper Powering a Microprocessor by Photosynthesis—on a project that builds on their research.

Together, we are developing a musical instrument that generates compositions from environmental light, using the photosynthetic activity of cyanobacteria. I am contributing to this collaboration as visual and sound artist, exploring ways to translate the biochemical processes into sensory experiences.

We co-published a related research paper in December last year, which I’d be happy to share with you.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26388081.2024.2434476

If you're interested, I’d love to exchange thoughts and stay in touch.

kind regards, Lena

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Kirk Gordon's avatar

Loved this piece all the way through, and really hopeful (for technology’s sake and our own) in the turn of language you mention—in shifting away from mechanical or computer narratives to understand humans, and thinking of our technologies as organisms and assemblages. Thanks for writing!

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