Posts Tagged ‘gene sequence’
Life in the Field of Death 3, The Methane Eater
15/07/2010
The Methane Eater – Life in the Field of Death – Methylocapsa acidiphila Methylocapsa acidiphila is a microrganism living in the acid conditions of peat bogs and burning methane for energy. Methane is a lethal greenhouse gas, so this organism helps to regulate the presence of this gas. The work is part of an ongoing […]
2010 | Gene Sequences, Mapping | Media: earth, peat on paper | Tags: earth, ecology, environmental, gene sequence, science, text
Mushroom Cloud
05/07/2010
An installation in The Malga Costa barn, Arte Sella, in the Sella Valley, Borgo Valsugana, Italy, Funded by Arte Sella. A mushroom cloud of over 6000 pieces of dried fungi slices, sealed in acrylic and suspended between a steel frame and the floor on nylon thread – lit from beneath. Digital print in an edition […]
2010 | Photoworks, Prints | Media: Inkjet Print | Tags: desert, earth, ecology, environmental, gene sequence, installation, nuclear, print, science, text, wall drawing
Mushrooms | Clouds
01/08/2008
CHRIS DRURY Mushrooms | Clouds – Nevada Museum of Art, Reno A one person show about use and abuse of land in Nevada with an over reaching theme of life, death and regeneration. Funded by Nevada Museum of Art and the For-Site Foundation. The work was a result of several collaborations: With the Staff and […]
2008 | Exhibitions | Media: mixed media, print, video | Tags: environmental, gene sequence, installation, landscape, mushrooms, photoworks, political, prints, text, videos, wall drawing, works on paperComments (0)
Life in the Field of Death 1
05/05/2008
Made in Collaboration with Dr Lynn Fenstermaker, the work shows a microscope image of Microcoleus vaginata which is growing in the soils of the Nevada Nuclear Test site where 100 atmospheric bombs were tested. Next to it is an image from space of the that same test site. Microcoleus vaginata is a cyanobacteria, which were […]
2008 | Photoworks, Prints | Media: Inkjet Print | Tags: desert, earth, ecology, environmental, gene sequence, installation, nuclear, print, science, text, wall drawing
Life in the Field of Death
02/03/2008
Life in the Field of Death 1 2008 Inkjet print, ed 3/6 410 x 610 mm. Collection Nevada Museum of Art and Desert Research Institute, Reno Life in the Field of Death 11 Stenciled Nevada test site soils on the wall or on paper. Dimensions variable. Collection Nevada Museum of Art 559 […]
2008 | Gene Sequences, Mapping | Media: digital print, earth, rocks | Tags: desert, earth, ecology, environmental, gene sequence, installation, nuclear, print, science, text, wall drawing
Life in the Presence of Death
02/03/2007
Antarctic earth on paper, 1310 x 1000 mm – private collection and collection artist This is the gene sequence of a proteobacteria found in the soil of the Ellsworth Mountains, one of the most lifeless places on earth.