Exhibition: Bioreactor
- Type
- Solo
- Venue
- Hodson Gallery
- Address
- 410 Hood College Drive, Frederick, MD, USA
- Dates
- Sep 28th, 2026—Oct 16th, 2026
Show Description
We often consider nature and technology to be in opposition, no? I wish to probe this tension in our time of manmade climate change.Included Works
1.5 Degrees
Art Machines | 06 Mar 2026
Board/Bits
Art Machines | 06 Dec 2024
Booleans (Flanders Bay)
Art Machines | 28 Jun 2023
Booleans (Schoodic Point)
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Canopy
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Celestium
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Clear-Cut
Art Machines | 20 Jan 2022
Daybreak
Art Machines | 09 May 2023
Electro-Komorebi
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Escape
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Fake Plastic Trees
Art Machines | 08 Oct 2024
Forces
Art Machines | 20 Mar 2022
Gateway (Transmission III)
Art Machines | 02 Oct 2020
Get Lost
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Margins (JTNP)
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Past Snows
Art Machines | 07 Oct 2024
Point of Sale
Art Machines | 01 Apr 2020
Pollination
Art Machines | 07 Jul 2023
Refugium (Pahrump Poolfish)
Art Machines | 04 Sep 2024
Rootball INSPECTION
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
Rootball INTROSPECTION
Art Machines | 13 Oct 2022
S(p)lash
Art Machines | 09 May 2023
Signs of the Season
Art | 28 Sep 2026
Takes
Art Machines | 13 Apr 2023
Underfoot
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
You Are Offline
Art Machines | 28 Sep 2026
Artist's Statement
We often consider nature and technology to be in opposition, no? I wish to probe this tension in our time of manmade climate change.
The integrated circuits (“chips”) which power our modern lives are made of heavily processed silicon. Some refer to these chips, with active areas often smaller than a millimeter squared, as “smart sand.”
Is it hubristic to consider such human engineering a marvel when our planet’s happy soup has been churning out diatoms and tardigrades for hundreds of millions of years?
To make the artworks in “Bioreactor,” I’ve found potent materials and imbued them with my own circuitry, code, and behavior—curious little combinations of the organic and inorganic.
Sometimes I wanted a material but couldn’t just grab it. In this case I’ll often photograph it and borrow its appearance when designing and fabricating parts. Many of these works also include my footage from time outside, chasing sunbeams.
When I think about our exceedingly rare place in the cosmos, I can’t help but hope that we will become the first grains of sand smart enough to care for our little blue bioreactor.
—Chris Combs
Exhibition Images
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