Decay is a process of becoming, moving through countless formations while complex interiors spill outward and actively mutate. Mud bubbles, worms dance, candy wrappers fold into papercranes; braided into channels of transformation whose byproduct is electricity. Limitropic Zero is a landscape where decay, energy, toxicity and technology entangle, producing forces, meanings, and beings in endless variation.
The mud in the glass vessels generates electricity through the metabolism of electrogenic bacteria. Energy flows through wires connecting all vessels. The capacitors saturate with energy, when the threshold is passed and power discharges, the singing bowl rings. This irregular ringing reorganises the temporal rhythm of the room through giving breaks to a linear experience of time, powered and directed by the uneven, living flow of bacterial energy.
Artwork by Sunjoo Lee
Glass blown by Jeffe Van Holle
Materials used: reclaimed wood, glass-blown vessels from reclaimed glass, wetland mud, flowers, candy-wrappers, copper scraps, carbon felt, electrical wires, energy harvesting circuit, 3V geared motor, alligator clips, brass singing bowl, steel.