b'ART1 STPLACE 2 NDPLACEKelly Capper-Parkin, Sheffield Hallam University Anna Romachney LIFE AND DEATH IN THREAD SYMBIOTIC CULTURE OF ART Wool stitching onto black fabric mimics both theA textiles production of SCOBY which had been inspired alive and the dead cells of a biofilm formed by theby the gram stained images taken under a microscope wound pathogen P. aeruginosa. Based on an imageof SCOBY grown by the artist. SCOBY stands for captured by confocal microscopy, the biofilm layersSymbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast and forms cells upon cells and spreads further and further. Aduring Kombucha making. The kombucha can be drunk cautionary tale of the perseverance of wound but the SCOBY shows potential for being a sustainable infection causing bacteria. material in fashion.3 RDPLACECerys Heys and Louis Cook, University of SouthamptonWATCH THEBIO REEL VIDEOBIO REEL An animation inspired by the process of biolfims forming. The music was created first, with the sequenced bass part reflecting bacteria gradually attaching to a surface. The sequenced bass part builds up with multiple notesthis has both a slightly random but structured feel, being a looping sequence but with lots of syncopation and no particular relationship between each note. This helps the electronic synth have a more natural feel but still repre-sented the structured state bacteria within biofilms live in. The oscillating pitch on the pads reflects the movement of the biofilms, which involves extension and retraction. The visuals were initially created in response to the music, with the slide reel style and glitch aesthetic inspired by a slide reel we recently found in a charity shop, and the white noise generated by the Farfisa Organ emulator used in the music. The slightly creepy aesthetic follows the artists interest in surrealist and horror music. The visuals are based on bacteria attaching to a surface, losing their flagella and the biofilm growing across surfaces. The artists also took inspiration from quorum sensing, and creat-ed some zig zag lines in the visuals to try and represent this in an abstract way.47'