In celebration of Ohio Soil Health Week, Academy Emeritus Professor Ken Rinaldo will lead a workshop on making a microbial fuel cell (MFC) in the Living Art and Ecology Lab. Rinaldo will present artists and architects that have MFCs into their creative work and review theories of how MFCs function, offering hope for a future powered by microbes.
Attendees will create their own MFCs using living soil and measure voltages using multimeters, all while exploring the promise for green energy technologies.
All attendees must bring two sealable plastic containers for their MFC. All other materials will be provided.
No experience necessary! Seats limited to the first 14 attendees.
About the artist:
Ken Rinaldo is internationally recognized for interactive bio robotic art installations and moving image works. Rinaldo’s work develops hybrid ecologies with humans, machines, plants, and animals, by constructing idealized social, biological, and machine symbionts. His work appears in 100s of books and art reviews, traveling to over 35 countries, and in private and museum collections. Learn more about Ken Rinaldo on his website here.
