Slime Mould Workshop

This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the world of Physarum polycephalum also known as slime mould and its use within experimental design, bioart, and visual research. Working directly with a living organism, participants will explore how slime mould grows, navigates space, forms networks, and responds to environmental conditions.

Through cultivation and observation, the workshop explores how living systems can influence creative processes and approaches design as a collaborative practice between human and non-human systems, where attention, care, and environmental conditions shape the final result.

The session is divided into three parts:

1. Introduction to slime mouldA short presentation about slime mould, its behaviour, biological traits, and how it is used within contemporary art, science, and experimental research.
2. Artistic practice and experimentsPresentation of ongoing experiments, visual works, and typography grown together with slime mould, including time-lapse recordings and research processes.
3. Growing your own slime mould typographyParticipants will learn the basics of cultivating slime mould using Petri dishes, agar, and food sources such as oats. Everyone will create their own small experiment and leave the workshop with a living organism to continue observing at home.
   
   

The workshop invites participants to slow down, observe, and rethink creativity as a form of coexistence with other living systems.

No previous experience needed