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Heather Barnett's Blog – August 2011 Archive (1)

slimoco @ Margate Photo Festival, August 2011

I took some Physarum to the Margate Photo Festival last weekend and invited visitors to feed it with a variety of substances to establish likes and dislikes. Obvious liking for oats and rice, pasta and flour; distinct dislike for alka seltzer, ibuprofen and bicarbinate of soda; but I'm not too sure about tobacco and chilli powder (it seemed to investigate seriously but not engulf). Worth further investigation, with a closer position...

 

Thanks to all those who fed the slime…

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Added by Heather Barnett on August 19, 2011 at 13:01 — No Comments

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