CONTAINER, LEAD-CONTAMINATED SOIL, MUSTARD PLANTS, FISHBONE, MYCORRHIZAE, CAMERAS, MICROSCOPE. TIMELAPSE.

‘RE-MEDIA+ion’ is a series of works that explore the use of technology as an extension of our capacities, questioning its ability to connect or disconnect humans from other organisms or their environment.

‘RE-MEDIA+ion 2’ talks about the possibility of bioremediation of lead-contaminated soil. This can be obtained by the use of a biosystem that includes humans, plants, fungi, and fish. Plants and fungi act as stabilizers absorbing and containing the lead in the root system, this avoids the propagation of the contaminant in the air. Fish contribute by providing a source of phosphorus (present in their bones), which transforms the lead into a non-harmful chemical structure and puts it back to the ground. Humans act by introducing this technology to the contaminated sites, reducing their car dependency (2), and re-thinking the systems that originated the contamination in the first place.

During May 2020 a remediation experiment was performed and shared with the audience. Content coming from the cameras was gathered frequently, allowing us to be part of this transformation.