2018 / Interspecies Communication
The e-SEED is a seed that uses electrical energy to stimulate its growth. The electrical energy is provided by synthetic photosynthesis. The e-SEED is a tiny timelapse in the photosynthesis evolution: from the robust first blue-green bacteria that created the early oxygenic atmosphere on Earth to a complex high plant in the form of a seed. Encapsulated into a bio-solar cell boosting its development, the seed brings hope on lifeless grounds.
Images from top to bottom: explanatory graph; exhibition Moon Gallery – European Space Agency, Space Expo, Noordwijk NL; solo exhibition Atmospheric Trilogy – Symbiotic Machines for Space Exploration, Bozar, Brussels BE.
e-SEED was developed in collaboration with scientists B. Foing, A. Kołodziejczyk, scientist European Space Agency /Space Garden, V. Friebe, S. D’Haene and R. Frese from the Biophysics department – VU Amsterdam, assistant Emiel Gilijamse.
