Project in collaboration with Yakult Italia, Milan.
Aluminum, thermochromic paint, heating plates, smart sockets.
110 x 95 x 90 cm.
Starting with “organs-on-a-chip,” agglomerates of cells grown in in vitro chips that make it possible to study the interactions of different organs with each other and the diseases that can result, the artist focuses on the disorders that are the cause of many daily psychosomatic disturbances. In 2021, researchers at MIT Boston developed a chip capable of connecting the brain, liver and colon to analyze the gut-brain axis and the influence of the gut microbiota on it.
My gut (brain) feelings on-a-chip consists of three aluminum chips, each placed on an electric heating plate, while the cellular microfluids normally used in such devices are replaced with a mixture of water and thermochromic paint (capable of changing color with temperature). Being the artist able to control the installation remotely, whenever something or someone causes happiness, anxiety or anger in her, she activates the heat to one of the plates, allowing the viewer to see her own emotional mutation in real time.
My gut (brain) feelings on-a-chip, 2022.
Aluminum, thermochromic paint, heating plates, smart sockets.
110 x 95 x 90 cm.
Chip form created by MIT Boston to study interactions between brain, liver and colon.
Thermochromic color above 30° changes color.
Happiness chip turned on with its own smart plug.
