Description
SENSORIUM
This interactive light sculpture combines technology, perception, and nature in a captivating experience. A surveillance mirror, initially opaque, becomes transparent as digital motion sensors detect a viewer’s presence.
As viewers draw closer, a hidden world is revealed:a mushroom growing delicately within a wooden enclosure, nourished by the same algae used by the artist to create her bioplastic material. Behind the mirror, the sculpture also reveals the materiality of the digital sensor, exposing its circuits alongside the organic presence of the mushroom.
The piece intertwines materiality and process, highlighting a cyclical relationship where the algae not only sustains the mushroom’s growth but also forms the foundation of the biomaterial. This interplay invites viewers to reflect on the interconnectedness of natural and human-made systems.
MATERIALS: ARTIST’S BIOPLASTIC ALGAE AND COLLAGEN BASED WATER RESISTANT BIO-PLASTIC, MOTION SENSOR, GOLDEN SURVEILLANCE MIRROR, LED STRIP LIGHTS, HEMP FIBERS, BLUEBERRY, TUMERIC AND BEEROOT NATURAL DYES, DRYED MUSHROOM, WOOD, NAILS AND COPPER WIRE
BRONZE FIXTURE
DIMENSIONS: 152 × 43 × 23 CM (60 X 17 X 9 IN)
YEAR: 2024
Sabrina Merayo Nuñez is a Latin American interdisciplinary artist, born in Argentina and based in New York City. Her work delves into the interplay between nature’s processes, human intervention, and the technologies that mediate these relationships.
With an eclectic background that spans bio-art, history of art, history of design, applied arts, fine arts, furniture making, and sculpture, she brings a unique, multifaceted perspective to her work.
Through her practice, she seeks to co-create with nature, observing and amplifying its behavioral patterns while fostering a dialogue between the organic and the technological.
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