SEAWEED ARCHIVE ︎︎︎ an online collection of material that contributes to my visual research
We are currently living with 7 billion
people on this planet and this number
continues to grow. As a result, the
demand for food, energy, plastic and
other resources is increasing. To meet
this requirement, we need to shift to
an economy where we obtain these
raw materials in a sustainable way.
Algae do not compete with fertile agricultural land. The production can take place at sea or on sterile soil, and still has a high yield.
My interest in algae arose during my research into more sustainable solutions in the food industry. This resulted in the work ‘How to Farm a Fish’. Since then I have created an archive on algae and seaweed, which forms the basis for this new work.
Algae do not compete with fertile agricultural land. The production can take place at sea or on sterile soil, and still has a high yield.
My interest in algae arose during my research into more sustainable solutions in the food industry. This resulted in the work ‘How to Farm a Fish’. Since then I have created an archive on algae and seaweed, which forms the basis for this new work.
Sources:
The epilithic algal communities occurring along the coast of the Netherlands, C. den Hartog (1959)
Buitendijkse oesterputten bij Yerseke als vindplaats van zeldzame zeewieren, P.H. Nienhuis
(1971)
Zeewieren verzamelen, prepareren, bewonderen, Bob Entrop (1966)
Wageningen University & Research