American Vectors

I’ve set up four petri dishes to be viewed live via webcams, using a homemade combination “fume hood” and light-box, and four DV cameras. The next “petri dish performance” will begin on 07/17/08.

The pattern of airstrips and roads which make up the airbases are clearly visible these three day old cultures. The DV cameras, which are streaming video to a nearby computer are visible at the top of the image.

here I am preparing to swap the petri dishes with new samples. The method used to make the bacteria grow into the desired pattern is a modified version of a soft-lithography technique used in biolabs to control the pattern of cell growth. As any printing technique the results of the process often produce undesirable effects. In this case the pattern is smeared because of how I applied the “printing plate/stamp.”