Victoria and Albert Museum, Level 0, Blavatnik Hall
Date: Saturday, 29 June-Sunday 30 June 2019
Explore the Plant Orbiter by artist Nick Laessing, an automated rotating system for food production, which reflects on the role of technology in local urban food production and speculates on food scarcity solutions.
In the 1970s NASA investigated the possibility of growing plant food in extra-terrestrial environments and discovered that plant growth accelerates in anti-gravity conditions. Though since discarded by NASA, this research has been appropriated by marijuana growers to maximise production for indoor cultivation. Drawing on the NASA research, the Plant Orbiter tests this theory of anti-gravity growth by creating an automated rotating system for food production.
Photo credit: Hydar Dewachi/ Vctoria & Albert Museum