The Symbiotic Algae Suit
Summary
TLDRArtists Michael Berton and Micho Nikita have conceptualized the 'algaculture symbiotic suit,' where algae grow in tubes fed by the wearer's carbon dioxide through photosynthesis. This innovative idea draws inspiration from photosynthetic creatures like sea slugs. In their 'Algae Opera,' an opera singer enhances algae quality by breathing carbon dioxide, affecting taste through sound frequencies. Although the concept may seem far-fetched and unappetizing, it presents a sustainable and futuristic approach to food production.
Takeaways
- 🌱 Algae as a sustainable food source: The script discusses the potential of algae as a sustainable food source, highlighting its ability to grow through photosynthesis.
- 👩🎨 Artistic innovation: Michael Berton and Micho Nikita have created the 'algaculture symbiotic suit', where algae grow in tubes and are fed by the wearer's carbon dioxide.
- 🎭 The Algae Opera: An art piece where an opera singer uses her lung capacity to feed algae with carbon dioxide, suggesting a connection between sound and algae quality.
- 🎵 Sound and taste: The concept that different pitches and frequencies can affect the taste of food, specifically algae, is introduced as a new way to enhance food flavor.
- 🌿 Photosynthetic creatures: The script references scientific studies on photosynthetic creatures like sea slugs and salamanders that subsist on algae.
- 🌳 Debunked myths: It mentions the debunked idea that talking to plants helps them grow, clarifying that it's the carbon dioxide exhaled, not the sound, that aids growth.
- 🤔 Questioning the future: The script ponders whether algae could be a viable food source in a future where traditional food supplies are low.
- 🤢 Taste concerns: There is a humorous acknowledgment that algae might not be the most palatable food, comparing it to seaweed filled with bad breath.
- 📚 Literary references: The script draws a parallel to 'Lord of the Flies', suggesting a scenario where people might resort to consuming algae in a survival situation.
- 🎬 Pop culture: A reference to an episode of 'The Simpsons' is used to humorously illustrate the potential for algae as a food source in desperate times.
Q & A
What is the algaculture symbiotic suit?
-The algaculture symbiotic suit is a concept developed by artists Michael Berton and Micho Nikita. It involves wearing tubes filled with algae, which grow through photosynthesis, fed by the wearer's carbon dioxide and light.
How do the algae in the algaculture symbiotic suit grow?
-The algae grow through photosynthesis, utilizing the carbon dioxide exhaled by the wearer and light.
What is the basis for the concept of the algaculture symbiotic suit?
-The concept is based on the idea of photosynthetic creatures, as studied by scientists Deborah McKenzie and Michael Leage, which involve organisms like lyans, sea slugs, or salamanders that subsist on algae.
What is the significance of the 'algae Opera' art piece mentioned in the script?
-In the 'algae Opera,' an opera singer adorned with algae tubes uses her lung capacity to feed the algae with carbon dioxide, potentially producing higher quality algae.
How does the 'algae Opera' relate to the concept of sound affecting taste?
-The 'algae Opera' suggests that different pitches and frequencies can alter the taste of the algae, making it either bitter or sweet.
What is the scientific basis for the idea that sound affects plant growth?
-The idea that sound affects plant growth was debunked when it was found that plants respond to increased carbon dioxide levels, not the sound itself.
How does the script relate the concept of algae as a food source to the episode of The Simpsons?
-The script compares the idea of using algae as a food source to an episode of The Simpsons where characters survive by consuming slime, highlighting the unappetizing nature of algae.
What is the potential future application of the algaculture symbiotic suit?
-In a future where food supplies are low, the algaculture symbiotic suit could be a sustainable food source, though currently it is considered unappetizing.
Why might the idea of using algae as a food source be considered 'super gross'?
-The idea is considered 'super gross' due to the unappetizing nature of algae, often associated with seaweed and bad breath.
How does the script suggest that the algaculture symbiotic suit could be made more palatable?
-The script suggests that the taste of algae could potentially be improved by manipulating the sound frequencies, though this is presented in a somewhat humorous and skeptical manner.
What is the connection between the algaculture symbiotic suit and the concept of a symbiotic life form?
-The algaculture symbiotic suit represents a symbiotic relationship where the wearer provides the algae with carbon dioxide and light, and the algae in turn provides a potential food source.
Outlines
🌱 Algae as a Sustainable Food Source
The script introduces the concept of using algae as a sustainable food source through the innovative 'algaculture symbiotic suit' designed by artists Michael Berton and Micho Nikita. The suit incorporates tubes where algae grow through photosynthesis, utilizing the wearer's carbon dioxide for growth. This symbiotic relationship is inspired by natural examples of photosynthetic creatures like sea slugs and salamanders that subsist on algae. The script also references an 'algae opera' where an opera singer, adorned with algae tubes, uses her lung capacity to enhance the algae's quality, suggesting that different pitches and frequencies can alter the taste of the algae, making it either sweet or bitter. This concept, while seemingly outlandish, is rooted in scientific research by Deborah McKenzie and Michael Leage.
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Keywords
💡Sustainable Food Source
💡Algae
💡Algaculture
💡Symbiotic
💡Photosynthesis
💡Carbon Dioxide
💡Plal
💡Algae Opera
💡Sonic Enhancement
💡Flavoring
💡The Simpsons
Highlights
Algae as a sustainable food source is proposed by artists Michael Berton and Micho Nikita.
The Algaculture Symbiotic Suit allows algae to grow in tubes fed by photosynthesis.
Wearing the tubes with algae creates a symbiotic relationship with the algae.
Algae feeds off the wearer's carbon dioxide and light.
The concept is based on plal, photosynthetic creatures like lyans, sea slugs, and salamanders.
The Algae Opera art piece involves an opera singer using her lung capacity to feed algae.
Different pitches and frequencies in the Algae Opera affect the taste of the algae.
The idea that sound can enhance food quality is likened to the debunked belief that talking to plants helps them grow.
The concept of using sound to influence taste is considered 'nutballs scientific'.
The idea of using algae as food is compared to a scene from The Simpsons where slime is considered a food source.
The potential of algae as a food source in a future with low food supplies is acknowledged.
The current perception of algae as a food source is described as 'super gross'.
The concept of feeding tubes in Dune is suggested as a potential future or current reality for algae-based sustenance.
The Algae Opera is highlighted as an example of how art can explore scientific concepts.
The idea of flavoring algae is proposed as a way to make it more palatable.
The comparison of algae to seaweed filled with bad breath is used to describe its taste.
The potential for algae as a future food source is juxtaposed with its current unappealing nature.
Transcripts
are you looking for a sustainable food
source well why not algae that is what
two artists came up with uh artists
Michael Berton and micho Nikita have
come up with
the algaculture symbiotic suit so the
algae grows in the tubes it's fed by
photosythesis you wear the tubes you
wear the tubes you look like that in the
tubes and then the algae fed by
photosynthesis the light Fe you on your
carbon dioxide your breide so it's your
your symbiotic life form with the algae
much like um what scientists who who
science this is based on Deborah
McKenzie and Michael leage called plal
photosynth photosynthetic creatures so
creatures like lyan or sea slugs or even
salamanders they they subsist also on
algae and the algae Fades off them it's
beautiful and not very tasty at all well
there's something to be done about that
because in a uh in an art piece that
these guys made called the algae Opera
an opera singer festooned with algae
tubes used her lung capacity to feed the
algae with carbon dioxide producing
higher quality algae what the new Sonic
enhancement of food means that different
pitches and frequencies make the food
taste either bitter or sweet that sounds
like a load of it's the most
nutballs scientific thing I've ever read
ever okay like before people thought
that talking to plants would make them
grow better but I believe that was
debunked when they found out that just
breathing carbon dioxide obviously well
when you get close to it and talk or
sing or what have you you're expelling
more carbon dioxide that helps the
plants grow it's not you're singing They
Don't Care they can't care so I call
this Opera a load of did you know
they found that out because plants
didn't respond to sign
language
[Music]
sometimes I want to punch you in the
face I'm surprised it's not all the
time so so it tastes terrible like awful
seaweed filled with bad
breath it's the future yes but you could
you could flavor it perhaps not with
sound uh it reminds me of that one
episode of The Simpsons when they they
go it's Lord of the Flies episode and
they go to the island and they just they
can't find food and then they discover
the wild bores looking slime and Lisa
goes that's the solution guys slime
we'll survive and everybody looks around
like and they just kill the Wild bar and
eat it and she goes Savages and that's
the end and it's perfect mhm so um it's
even better if you've read Lord of the
Flies I guess yeah it is I guess like in
a future world where we're really low on
Food Supplies this could work but right
now it's uh just super gross this is
where you put the clip of Dune okay with
the feeding water tubes all over that
could be your future or your now if
you're an artist in the
Opera yummy
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