experience

Exploration #52
Miniature Ecosystem
Collect water from three different sites. These can include a lake, pond, stream, puddle, or similar. Combine the samples in a jar with a tight fitting lid. Place the jar in a sunny location and watch to see the ecosystem unfold. Soon this miniature world will start to organize itself and create some interesting results.

I took water from the Bayou at Ringling, a lake by my apartment, and a puddle by the tennis courts. The water sat in a jar in for one week a semi-sunny spot.(My porch is sunny from like noon to 5) I randomly took pictures to document it, and at the end, I wrote a phrase that summed up the experience. Absolutely nothing happened. (I think the freezing cold may have effected it).

I also read an article on design observer titled, "Designing through recession."

I made connections by writing some words on index cards and randomly pairing them with the words I had written before.

Here are the results. (index cards to come)

ABSOLUTELY rescession

NOTHING mind

HAPPENED patient


here are some of the shots from the experiment.