How it started….

It started as an experiment using surplus tubular barrels from our Bloom project, which only uses the tops and bottom segments of them. With the middle portions we wanted to keep their shape in order to mimic microscopic Mycelia.
Mycelia is a fungus like bacteria that branches into thread like connective networks, nature’s alternative to the internet. It can withstand extreme climates and can come in many different cellular forms that can help in the treatment of carbon pollutants, including Plastic.

Inspired, we wanted to make our ‘beast’ adaptable using microcontroller technology that interprets sound, translating it into bespoke lighting whilst keeping in theme with our circularity principles. This allowed us to explore how much we could breakdown the same plastic barrels to evolve into different organic forms as well as introducing other construction materials.

For our first stage of this project, we moulded these large tubular strands so they could adapt to different physical spaces. However we didn’t stop there, we have gone through 4 stages of its life up to date. By designing the light strings and sculpture to be broken down into components allows them to be reused again without making any waste.
So far it has changed shape and size to suit the different event spaces it has featured in and we are still going strong 2 years on.

Take a look at how it works in the video, to see how it has evolved at each stage of its life cycle so far.