Academy Emeritus Professor Ken Rinaldo will lead a workshop on making a microbial a fuel cell in the Living Art and Ecology Lab in the Department of Art; November 15 2PM-4PM, room #340 Hopkins Hall, for soil week. In this workshop Rinaldo will present artists, and architects that have employed microbial fuel cells (MFCs) into their creative work. He will review theories of how Microbial Fuel Cells function, offering hope for a future powered by microbes. Together the attendees will create their own MFC fuel cells using living soil. In this two-hour workshop they measure voltages of their MFCs, using multimeters while exploring the promise for green energy technologies. All attendees must bring two sealable plastic containers for their MFC & other materials will be provided. No experience is necessary. Seats will be 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. https://www.kenrinaldo.com/