Comments on: Petri dish Christmas ornaments http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/petri-dish-christmas-ornaments.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 04:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: haineux http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/petri-dish-christmas-ornaments.html#comment-1577346 haineux Thu, 08 Nov 2012 19:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192870#comment-1577346 At an MIT art gallery, a conceptual artist asked his or her (sorry, I've forgotten the artist) critics to read reviews into a tube connected to a Petri dish filled with growth medium. So their "hot air" containing their own unique bioflora produced interesting patterns growing in the dishes. I'd probably have a biology major write the little "curator cards" next to the dishes explaining the significance of the patterns. At an MIT art gallery, a conceptual artist asked his or her (sorry, I’ve forgotten the artist) critics to read reviews into a tube connected to a Petri dish filled with growth medium. So their “hot air” containing their own unique bioflora produced interesting patterns growing in the dishes.

I’d probably have a biology major write the little “curator cards” next to the dishes explaining the significance of the patterns.

]]> By: hadlockk http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/petri-dish-christmas-ornaments.html#comment-1577290 hadlockk Thu, 08 Nov 2012 18:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192870#comment-1577290 It might be too early. Let's err on the safe side and wait until after Thanksgiving, ok? It might be too early. Let’s err on the safe side and wait until after Thanksgiving, ok?

]]> By: Grey Devil http://boingboing.net/2012/11/08/petri-dish-christmas-ornaments.html#comment-1577187 Grey Devil Thu, 08 Nov 2012 17:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=192870#comment-1577187 It's just not as fun if there isn't deadly/nasty bacteria trapped within your petri dish ornaments. Where's the sense of adventure? It’s just not as fun if there isn’t deadly/nasty bacteria trapped within your petri dish ornaments. Where’s the sense of adventure?

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