GARDEN OF WORDS
by Elaine Regina
Elaine Regina
Elaine is an independent post-disciplinary designer with major interest in biodesign, synbio, sustainable systems and futures. Passionate and excited in learning and development of opportunities in new cutting edge innovative tech and projects; Elaine aspires to create radical design solutions that combine next-generation innovations with traditional sacred knowledge of the past that honors the earth; to foster positive impacts and changes in communities, environment, and ecosystems.
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Email: elainereginajap [at] gmail [dot] com
‘Garden of Words’ is a living biosignal / sensor installation that represents the symbiotic nature of plant communication through the underground mycorrhizal network.
The installation utilizes next generation synthesis techniques by engineering chemical receptors into E. coli to sense the concentration of those plant chemicals (ABA, Carbon, Phosphorus, Nitrate) and express the concentration with color pigmentations (chromoprotein). Through these signals, ‘Garden of Words’ aims to demonstrate the forest’s symbiotic collaboration in the face of climate change whilst also building empathy for visitors to decrease the gap within the human-nature divide.
This was my final project proposal as a committed listener for the 2022 How to Grow Almost Anything course.
