Insect Experimental, 2012
Insect Breeder, 2012 - Solar Dryer, 2012
The Insect Experimental gives us a preview of the future of farming, an installation for breeding insects for consumption purposes, which is at the same time utopian, pragmatic and exploitative.
Mature insects will be held in the container at the top end of the Insect Breeder, the bottom of which is covered in wire mesh. When they lay eggs, these will fall down into the hatching tunnel. After the eggs have hatched into maggots, these will have to find their way to the container at the bottom end of the Insect Breeder, and then onwards to the harvesting unit, where only the strongest, most intelligent ones will arrive. The insects can be given extra incentives by using light, smell and colour. All of these can be adjusted by the farmer, allowing him to optimize the process and breed only the most superintelligent insects.
A drying cabinet, Solar Dryer, is also part of the installation. Inside the Solar Dryer, insects and maggots can be conserved using different temperatures.
Mature insects will be held in the container at the top end of the Insect Breeder, the bottom of which is covered in wire mesh. When they lay eggs, these will fall down into the hatching tunnel. After the eggs have hatched into maggots, these will have to find their way to the container at the bottom end of the Insect Breeder, and then onwards to the harvesting unit, where only the strongest, most intelligent ones will arrive. The insects can be given extra incentives by using light, smell and colour. All of these can be adjusted by the farmer, allowing him to optimize the process and breed only the most superintelligent insects.
A drying cabinet, Solar Dryer, is also part of the installation. Inside the Solar Dryer, insects and maggots can be conserved using different temperatures.
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Insect Farm, 2012
Insect Farm, 2012
The modules by Atelier Van Lieshout - which serve as a mobile reception unit at Z33 for Mind the System, Find the Gap, are part of a larger project in which AVL wishes to visualize alternative scenarios for the future. ‘Insect Farm’ is one component of a labyrinth of various farms which focuses on insects as nutritious, cost-effective and low-impact foods. ‘Insect Farm’ is commissioned by REcentre (centre for sustainable design) and Z33 – Art in open space.
credit: Atelier Van Lieshout, Insect Farm, 2012, photo credit: (c) Kristof Vrancken / Z33
