CHNOPS BlobArt: the studio where it happens

[Jos Richters]

To be able for CHNOPS to create its Blob-Art it needs a studio to work in.

The studio is build from a buttercup in which three rectangular holes are been cut out and three strips of aluminium foil is slipped in and with a piece of tape constrained, thereby closing the buttercup in order to prevent CHNOPS from escaping.

Since CHNOPS needs to put out two parameter values (color and opacity) the studio is designed as shown in the image:

As can been see here there are two voids between the three contact strips.

The center strip is connected to the positive current and the two outside contacts are connected to the negative current. Now two Physarum invested pieces of carrier are placed between the contacts.

After a couple of hours the Physarum starts to grow and make contact with the aluminium connector strips. Now there is an electrical connection between the connectors. Physarum polycephalum has an internal structure called "protoplasmic tubes" that show as slightly darker yellow lines in the picture below. These tubes MIGHT be able to conduct electric and that is on which the experiment is based.