Hanna Saito

Ver1. Acrylic box, agar medium, slime mold (Physarum polycephalum, Physarum rigidum, Physarum nutans, species unknown), food coloring, methylene blue.  

Ver2. Clear torso (plastic), agar medium, cloth (lace, etc.), slime mold (Physarum rigidum), food coloring, dyeing agent for cut flowers, methylene blue, dead wood, wood chips.
 

Paintings created from the traces left by slime mold as it selects, consumes, transports, and excretes pigments.

Rather than treating the organism as a tool for painting, Slimography considers slime mold as an autonomous agent within the artistic process. Its movements and responses to different pigments generate patterns that cannot be fully predetermined by the artist.