How to get a physarum culture

by ian

Sep 18, 2019

So you want slime? 

I can give you slime. I'll post physarum to anyone anywhere free of charge. 

"Free?" you say, surely that's too good to be true? 

Indeed it is, I said free of charge, not actually free. This is the slime mould collective, lone oat flakes do not get visited by physarum fairy. You must prove your worth if you want to join and engage with the network. Assimilation doesn't hurt, we promise and you might like it. 

Tell us why you want the slime, what are your hopes and fears for slimekind? Where do you you see your slime in five years time?

A paragraph, a short story, maybe a few lines of verse, how about an expressive dance? We don't mind we just want you to communicate.

In return we will let you have your very own slime sent discreetly in a plain envelope - your friends and family need never know! 

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    Jonkers

    Started today!
    With preparations I mean.

    Last year I tried to solve the  “Salesman”-problem along 207 cities in the Netherlands, where I live. Using a python program based on a genetic algoritm. Read about Physarum Polycephalum and its ability to solve simular problems. Decided to study more about slime molds. This month I joined this Collective. My first goal is to experiment with a map of the Netherlands with some oat on the major cities to see what happens.

    I spent some afternoons walking through the forest to find slime mold but I think it’s now to cold because I couldn’t find any.

    Therefor this request to send me some samples so I can start my experiments. Look at it as a christmas present ☺️


    Please give me a reaction and tell me how I can provide you with my address.

    Regards

    Jan

    Dec 9, 2024

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      Jos Richters

      Hello Ian,

      I am very interested in receiving one of your slime cultures.

      I am willing to send you, quid pro quo, one of my Amazing Mazes for Blob experiments.

      I have three maze models available and I am working on some new ones. If anybody needs a specific type of maze, please use my page for a request and I will try to get something done.

      I started a page on this website (My Page - The Slime Mould Collective) and also on on Reddit: Experimenting with mazes for Physarum polycephalum, a question. : r...

      Now I am looking for somebody who can help me out with at least one species of blob so I can start my experiments on them.

      Thanks!

      Cheers, Jos.

      9

      Dec 10, 2024

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        Dominik Einfalt

        Hey, 

        I am an artist from Vienna and i already did a project with living slime-molds years ago and i really enjoyed working with it. Time passed on and I wanted to revisit my old art-work but make it better. Also one museum in Germany and one musuem in Switzerland contacted me recently to show this work. So I was very hyped to get my old cultures going but sadly I didn't store it correctly and it got wet over the last years. So I would looooove to get new cultures to work with them once again! :D

        thanks in advance,

        Dominik

        Jul 17