https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site Portfolio Charlotte Roschka Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:12:03 +0000 https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site en https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Portfolio Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:38:40 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Portfolio <img width="1197" height="568" width_o="1197" height_o="568" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/96c7b132c470906c9cae3a90873e237b19c945f42622d8dd0564a5c2d09626e8/cloud.png" data-mid="130285099" border="0" alt="Leaking BodiesHow Everything Is Connected" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Leaking Bodies&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;How Everything Is Connected" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/96c7b132c470906c9cae3a90873e237b19c945f42622d8dd0564a5c2d09626e8/cloud.png" /> <img width="990" height="664" width_o="990" height_o="664" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3784d46669c752b6d7e2db5a49d72593118d22ba7e6af1cfc11d22e5f35f6162/bacteria-thumbnail.png" data-mid="235157321" border="0" alt="Bioplastic DegradationFinding The Recycling Genes" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Bioplastic Degradation&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Finding The Recycling Genes" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/990/i/3784d46669c752b6d7e2db5a49d72593118d22ba7e6af1cfc11d22e5f35f6162/bacteria-thumbnail.png" /> <img width="1658" height="740" width_o="1658" height_o="740" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a1216771e726359442dda527557c432224dab26c46c81c6b08bfc8a7ceb71d70/mushell-thumbnail.png" data-mid="235157273" border="0" alt="MuShellMusic Of The Shells" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;MuShell&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Music Of The Shells" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a1216771e726359442dda527557c432224dab26c46c81c6b08bfc8a7ceb71d70/mushell-thumbnail.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/03852d62b75adfbd5262431cfa73e01c8a90cdaa38c92d11447e5830827a1da6/white_buggy.png" data-mid="235157083" border="0" alt="New Genetic CreationsPlaying God" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;New Genetic Creations&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Playing God" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/03852d62b75adfbd5262431cfa73e01c8a90cdaa38c92d11447e5830827a1da6/white_buggy.png" /> <img width="164" height="157" width_o="164" height_o="157" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c604aeacd6040a5df1145edc3c580fe318d8588d64b58585f53a8f04adf9e146/Car.png" data-mid="130379645" border="0" alt="HeisenhadeVirtual Rave Busting" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Heisenhade&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/br&gt;Virtual Rave Busting" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/164/i/c604aeacd6040a5df1145edc3c580fe318d8588d64b58585f53a8f04adf9e146/Car.png" /> <img width="963" height="1282" width_o="963" height_o="1282" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72fdf040416868320b872d0d5ad1f7fbd18bfeda3b1a8f219c894dbf201ec029/prototype.png" data-mid="228544033" border="0" alt="Insertae SedisSelf-assembling bodies" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Insertae Sedis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Self-assembling bodies" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/963/i/72fdf040416868320b872d0d5ad1f7fbd18bfeda3b1a8f219c894dbf201ec029/prototype.png" /> <img width="728" height="482" width_o="728" height_o="482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4694494bf064edf9225be7c09de26a3c41f71d09dcd90ec5da635c4ce08cb2fd/Spider-PNG-Clipart2.png" data-mid="180042930" border="0" data-no-zoom="true" alt="CrawlersMoving Through A Desert" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;Crawlers&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/br&gt;Moving Through A Desert" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/728/i/4694494bf064edf9225be7c09de26a3c41f71d09dcd90ec5da635c4ce08cb2fd/Spider-PNG-Clipart2.png" /> <img width="866" height="382" width_o="866" height_o="382" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10e0c502f30a9fcd23b2c87ff50315a9b5147c798e8dbc8973f0043406810870/spotlight.png" data-mid="235170533" border="0" alt="When too much becomes nothing...and nothing becomes too much " data-caption="&lt;b&gt;When too much becomes nothing...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;and nothing becomes too much " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/866/i/10e0c502f30a9fcd23b2c87ff50315a9b5147c798e8dbc8973f0043406810870/spotlight.png" /> <img width="268" height="355" width_o="268" height_o="355" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6326e217961739acd26423e60c11f498e4016611a99e65818876393246c688d/blobby_thumbnail.png" data-mid="235168604" border="0" alt="epimorphGrowing a new body" data-caption="&lt;b&gt;epimorph&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br&gt;Growing a new body" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/268/i/b6326e217961739acd26423e60c11f498e4016611a99e65818876393246c688d/blobby_thumbnail.png" /> https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Info Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:38:40 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Info Charlotte Roschka- Interdisciplinary approaches for an interconnected world -&nbsp; Charlotte Roschka is an interdisciplinary artist working in the field of artificial life. With a training in bioinformatics and bio-engineering, her practice explores processes of life and biological systems by simulating them. Her work introduces an experiential layer to theoretical concepts of life processes, contributing to an embodied and holistic understanding. Her artworks are aimed to provide new ways to engage with and experience processes of living systems in order for us to re-connect with ourselves and the world we live in. Her work often engages with topics like non-anthropocentric futures and interspecies communication, allowing humans to rehearse new roles in a changing world that envision sustainable ways of being with other life forms, planetary environments and new technologies. ︎ https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Bioplastic-Degradation Sat, 15 Jan 2022 23:20:17 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Bioplastic-Degradation Bioplastic Biodegradation Finding The Recycling Genes An important issue that is currently concerning our world is the pollution of the oceans, rivers and soil by plastic materials that take a very long time to degrade. New materials are invented and spread, which are supposed to be biodegradable under managed, industrial conditions, called biodegradable materials2. In my bachelor thesis I have studied the genetic predispositions of a bacterial strain to degrade such biodegradable material structurally similar to PET. The complete thesis can be read here. <img width="988" height="659" width_o="988" height_o="659" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01bb06b7bc35821de594e37b08fd87f899259aafd4c0a3a8ea970a415a5d3851/paper_image_100um_control.png" data-mid="141023859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/988/i/01bb06b7bc35821de594e37b08fd87f899259aafd4c0a3a8ea970a415a5d3851/paper_image_100um_control.png" /> <img width="989" height="663" width_o="989" height_o="663" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/661d6b73c4012c29e8dee597ada95cad5b568e4e65086fbfff29253790247724/paper_image_2um_control.png" data-mid="141023505" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/989/i/661d6b73c4012c29e8dee597ada95cad5b568e4e65086fbfff29253790247724/paper_image_2um_control.png" /> <img width="992" height="663" width_o="992" height_o="663" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/33dd2431d10ae46943d36e50ae318449a08feb13e2d0cfc15d76845d4b2747b0/paper_image_100um_6days.png" data-mid="141022401" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/992/i/33dd2431d10ae46943d36e50ae318449a08feb13e2d0cfc15d76845d4b2747b0/paper_image_100um_6days.png" /> <img width="990" height="664" width_o="990" height_o="664" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27fdaa427a0a825a7344ee4ba7796a668879ed7a32ef8a9a2502d3ca3946880e/paper_image_2um_6days.png" data-mid="141022690" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/990/i/27fdaa427a0a825a7344ee4ba7796a668879ed7a32ef8a9a2502d3ca3946880e/paper_image_2um_6days.png" /> Images of the marine bacterial community, of which the Saccharospirillum strain of this thesis was retrieved from, showing an SEM image of the control (1a, 2a) and biofilm formation and bioplastic degradation after six days (1c, 2c)1. Abstract This thesis deals with the genomic analysis of a binned genome from a metagenomic sample, which was retrieved from a marine bacterial community that showed the ability to degrade a biodegradable plastic material with a structure analogous to Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET). Experiments analyzing the consortium’s taxonomic diversity during decomposition of the material’s particular monomers proved that a bin from the metagenomic sample is capable of utilizing terephthalic acid (TPA) as sole carbon and energy source. This bin is affiliated to the genus Saccharospirillium and within this thesis compared with members of the same genus regarding their genomic foundation for degradation of the PET-like plastic material. The phylogenetic assignment revealed a close relation of the bin with the recently classified Saccharospirillium alexandrii. Both genomes share an identity of 97.7%, albeit a 16S rRNA comparison did not obtain determinative results. Two approaches for genus-wide pangenome analyses are contrasted and aim to determine the relationship between the bin and S. alexandrii further. In the Saccharospirillum genomes, a similarity-based search discovered alignments with genes known to be involved in PET degradation in Ideonella sakasiensis. Herewith gene clusters connected to TPA and phthalate degradation were detected in the binned section and S. alexandrii. An abundance profile of pathway genes is conducted, and genes associated with the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons are mapped on the respective KEGG pathway. All observed Saccharospirillum bacteria exhibit genes connected to aromatic compound degradation, while genes incorporated at the decomposition of aromatic hydrocarbons are mainly present in S. alexandrii and bin 12. A duplication of the phthalate degradation cluster was uncovered solely in bin 12, leading to a postulate about the task assigned to Saccharospirillum bacteria in the material’s degradation process in the marine microbial consortium. References&nbsp; [1] &nbsp;Meyer-Cifuentes, I.E., Werner, J., Jehmlich, N. et al. Synergistic biodegradation of aromatic-aliphatic copolyester plastic by a marine microbial consortium. Nat Commun 11, 5790 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19583-2 [2] &nbsp;European Environmental Citizens Organisation for Standardisation, European Environmental Bureau, Zero Waste Europe, Surfrider Foundation Europe, and Friends of Earth Europe. Joint position paper - Bioplastics in a Circular Economy: The need to focus on waste reduction and prevention to avoid false solutions.&nbsp;https://zerowasteeurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Joint-position-paper_Bioplastics-in-a-Circular-Economy-the-need-to-focus-on-waste-reduction-and-prevention-to-avoid-false-solutions_Jan-2017.pdf [3] &nbsp;Persson, Linn, Carney Almroth, B.M., Collins, C.D. et al.&nbsp;Outside the Safe Operating Space of the Planetary Boundary for Novel Entities.&nbsp;Environmental Science &amp; Technology 2022 56 (3), 1510-1521 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.1c04158 https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Crawlers Fri, 26 May 2023 10:24:07 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Crawlers CrawlersMoving Through A Desert Crawlers' is a collaboration that arise from the LIOS Labs Residency 2022 in the polish desert Błędowska. In the desert time passes fast and slow at the same time. Every movement is heavy and slower than we are used to. We crawl. We crawl like crawlers and train ourselves in community building, in interspecies communication.During the residency, I took field recordings that focused on movement through sand, the particular environment of the desert, and collisions with insects. After the residency, I used the audio footage and the recording of Xtina Ariaz's poem to create a soundscape for Léa d'albronn Allexandre's video collage, which was shown as part of the 'Festival of Future Deserts' exhibition in Magdeburg in October 2022. https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/epimorph Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:12:03 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/epimorph epimorph Growing a new body <img width="3369" height="5054" width_o="3369" height_o="5054" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/040c9143cbabd1a612084c286e679c0a9f04754b52a19fbe5034fa75ca600610/17freq-docu-hires-106.jpg" data-mid="235261930" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/040c9143cbabd1a612084c286e679c0a9f04754b52a19fbe5034fa75ca600610/17freq-docu-hires-106.jpg" /> Artistic idea This project investigates the emergent process of the development of multicellular bodies through the communication of cells with their environment. In biological systems, the internal and external environments play an important role in morphogenetic growth decisions, by for example inhibiting or activating regulatory genes and providing mechanical and chemical guidance cues. During embryogenesis, the direct (inner) environment of the embryo directly shapes tissue growth through cell adhesion or tension or chemical gradients. Likewise, external (outer) environmental factors like pollution, nutition or UV-light can as well influence genes regulation. In this simulation, environmental data is continuously received from a sensor box that transmits readings over a local network. These inputs directly influence the morphogenetic growth decisions of the skeletal rig structure, cell characteristics and division behavior. Additionally, computational resources (GPU, CPU, RAM) of the host machine are forming a part of the physical environment for the growth. By using the shared environment of the audience as the environment for the growth, the simulation emphasizes how morphogenesis emerges from context-dependent processes. The audience is invited to experience this work as part of the environment, acting alongside wind, carbon dioxide and other non-human agents that are indistinguishably equal in shaping the organism’s body. <img width="1889" height="3307" width_o="1889" height_o="3307" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/711a15dbff56d424acc9aebb6bfd20fb65a771f5ea6655b5f64c96f9aa302d3a/blobby_1.jpg" data-mid="237887862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/711a15dbff56d424acc9aebb6bfd20fb65a771f5ea6655b5f64c96f9aa302d3a/blobby_1.jpg" /> <img width="1871" height="3255" width_o="1871" height_o="3255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/828201cb5287d92aedcc3f382819dfaa238eb17a0422f19870f5640c3fa74490/another_blobby_yep.png" data-mid="239796143" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/828201cb5287d92aedcc3f382819dfaa238eb17a0422f19870f5640c3fa74490/another_blobby_yep.png" /> <img width="1871" height="3255" width_o="1871" height_o="3255" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8661bf7a4137e2d9d249bfa90b1982a0cfb172e84eefe5d21a9d99facf9b40c7/another_blobby.png" data-mid="237888122" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8661bf7a4137e2d9d249bfa90b1982a0cfb172e84eefe5d21a9d99facf9b40c7/another_blobby.png" /> Context The simulation is a three-dimensional, real-time system that computationally models the process of morphogenesis with animated cells growing along a skeletal rig structure. The approach is conceptually similar to Spore, where metaballs are used to generate smooth tissue around a rig structure and gene regulatory network (GRN) simulations, which start from a single virtual cell that replicates iteratively to form an expanding tissue-like structure. The work sits in the lineage of ALife artworks, combining several aspects of these. Like cellular automata and Andy Lomas’ Cellular Forms, it explores how complexity and morphology can emerge from simple generative rules of cell division and growth. Similar to Yoichiro Kawaguchi’s GROWTH, Todd &amp; Latham’s Mutator and Spore, it investigates how modularity can produce body diversity. Karl Sim’s Evolving Creatures modeled how morphology and function co-evolve under selection pressures in a simulated environment, while Chiba et al.’s ecosystem simulation links morphology to ecological inheritance, exploring how organisms and their niches shape one another over time. However, in contrast to these earlier ALife artworks, which focus on internal logics or evolutionary dynamics, this piece addresses the immediate exchange between environment and bodies during development. By integrating real-life physical environmental data, this work emphasizes the embeddedness of bodies in their context, reflecting ideas of eco-evo-devo and Lynn Margulis’ concept of sympoiesis. It acknowledges that no organism truly self-organizes, but is always in connection with other entities, and therefore relationally co-created. <img width="3384" height="2049" width_o="3384" height_o="2049" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2184c7c553cd9b32b2c917771bb488e04edf4dcfe2b8151cdaf39ab7ee9396b6/IMG_0127.jpg" data-mid="237887861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2184c7c553cd9b32b2c917771bb488e04edf4dcfe2b8151cdaf39ab7ee9396b6/IMG_0127.jpg" /> Graduation Show Installation In the installation of the Graduation Show 2025, two creatures grow simultaneously from identical code and connected to the same set of sensors, but in slightly different environments. While biological morphogenesis involves regulatory gene networks, chemical and mechanical signals, and environmental factors, this work focuses on the role of the environment during a body’s evolution. It invites to reflect where environment starts:stops and interconnectedness between living beings, planetary environments and technologies begins and to re-think of our own agency that we hold within the systems that we are interwoven with. https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Heisenhade Thu, 27 Jan 2022 18:17:57 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Heisenhade HeisenhadeVirtual Rave Busting ‘Heisenhade’ is interactive narrative that illustrates a real-life situation of the Berlin police force busting raves in Park Hasenheide. It was made with the PatchXR software in virtual reality during a week long patchathon with Julia Cremers and Daniel Hermannsdörfer. The result was live streamed at the Nordic Game festival 2021.&nbsp;This project has been selected as part of my portfolio because it combines two of my interests - virtual world building, including storytelling, and modular synthesized music. My contribution to this project is also reflected in the construction of the virtual world, as well as the assembly of a modular instrument in VR. https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Insertae-Sedis Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:11:20 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Insertae-Sedis Insertae SedisBuilding Yourself Up <img width="2500" height="3750" width_o="2500" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/064909d7a04037891fec7488ee5d9c62109e2f96fb41ddb2627f07cc1872e2a5/FUNKEN-PRESENTATION-DAYS-12-13_10_2023-cJohannesRichter-7.jpeg" data-mid="228541226" border="0" alt=" Photos by Johannes Richter" data-caption=" Photos by Johannes Richter" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/064909d7a04037891fec7488ee5d9c62109e2f96fb41ddb2627f07cc1872e2a5/FUNKEN-PRESENTATION-DAYS-12-13_10_2023-cJohannesRichter-7.jpeg" /> This project was started during the Funken Summer School 2023 and continued during my studies. Inspired by DNA Origami, which utilizes the same functionality, this sculpture investigates a body’s self- assembly to a stable arrangement. The sculpture’s body was modeled by a machine learning model that was trained on genes and images of body structure of organisms. The work invites speculation on evolution's development within an entanglement of DNA and new technologies, encouraging the imagination of the undefined taxa's characteristics and habitat.&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="3360" width_o="3024" height_o="3360" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ff211ce519ffb16800a60fa5ab750ee4f8301b817e6d399a07c986fbdd988428/IMG_6760.jpg" data-mid="228541191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ff211ce519ffb16800a60fa5ab750ee4f8301b817e6d399a07c986fbdd988428/IMG_6760.jpg" /> <img width="4500" height="3214" width_o="4500" height_o="3214" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/611e9c9c7737a784397ca6b26a9651679999a1103f93b5649c679f5b140343af/wewillsee_2024_byiragrunberger-085.jpg" data-mid="228541219" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/611e9c9c7737a784397ca6b26a9651679999a1103f93b5649c679f5b140343af/wewillsee_2024_byiragrunberger-085.jpg" /> <img width="2500" height="3750" width_o="2500" height_o="3750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f6ba3e048a023de814f9bd4b733f516cba7e17d4c94da60935551f7435b72823/FUNKEN-PRESENTATION-DAYS-12-13_10_2023-cJohannesRichter-20.jpeg" data-mid="228541231" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f6ba3e048a023de814f9bd4b733f516cba7e17d4c94da60935551f7435b72823/FUNKEN-PRESENTATION-DAYS-12-13_10_2023-cJohannesRichter-20.jpeg" /> Photos by Johannes Richter and Ira Grünberger Videos by Jinglei Zhang, edited by Tom de Kok https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Leaking-Bodies Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:38:41 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/Leaking-Bodies Leaking Bodies How Everything Is Connected <img width="2854" height="1584" width_o="2854" height_o="1584" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d18dd30d93537c9ee6529df2e5f57168f77ef0d39d4a82b33f04d01e44c086fd/Bildschirmfoto-2022-01-19-um-01.06.35.png" data-mid="130680383" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d18dd30d93537c9ee6529df2e5f57168f77ef0d39d4a82b33f04d01e44c086fd/Bildschirmfoto-2022-01-19-um-01.06.35.png" /> ‘Leaking Bodies’ is a VR installation that explores the connection between earth’s atmosphere and earthly beings to gain an understanding of the connection these beings share with the atmosphere and with each other through the atmosphere. The leaking bodies of the exhibition's beings and their particles exchange, revealing hidden stories and experiences, giving the visitor the opportunity to grasp a piece of their universal knowledge transfer. The visitor uses the portal like a VR elevator and is transported to a space at the level of the clouds in the troposphere. In the elevator hangs a cloud being, correlating to the real cloud in the physical exhibition. Out in the exhibition space are three sites where three beings; tree, rock and decaying wood await. Electromagnetic fields of the artificial cloud machine were recorded and transposed to its real locations in the exhibition. Recordings that represent the electromagnetic fields of the other ‘leaking bodies’ are connected to the three sites in VR. If the visitor approaches a being leaking an electromagnetic field into the atmosphere, hidden from the visitors’ senses, it now becomes audible in VR. Spoken stories reveal a personal connection to the beings in the space; cloud, rock and tree. Through storytelling we evoke memory and experience, questioning whether these are only human abilities or are in fact possessed by all matter. <img width="1114" height="596" width_o="1114" height_o="596" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73a866b2aec1ea8693de54d450713be22e6032c4c7310f76be353f4209d2e106/atmosphere_nogizmo.png" data-mid="140321606" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/73a866b2aec1ea8693de54d450713be22e6032c4c7310f76be353f4209d2e106/atmosphere_nogizmo.png" /> <img width="2852" height="1594" width_o="2852" height_o="1594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8357a266d3e769d4b9dbc5a8a57a2328b381d8b7f64758513d21a2826c43b1ce/Bildschirmfoto-2022-01-19-um-00.58.48.png" data-mid="130679553" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8357a266d3e769d4b9dbc5a8a57a2328b381d8b7f64758513d21a2826c43b1ce/Bildschirmfoto-2022-01-19-um-00.58.48.png" /> <img width="2840" height="1588" width_o="2840" height_o="1588" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/886d910d5310a4423d5668a530e1b31b651acd7dba7405f63fd54c6c25dd62c8/Bildschirmfoto-2022-01-19-um-01.04.37.png" data-mid="130680026" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/886d910d5310a4423d5668a530e1b31b651acd7dba7405f63fd54c6c25dd62c8/Bildschirmfoto-2022-01-19-um-01.04.37.png" /> 'Leaking Bodies' is a group project created as part of MoA's Stretching Senses School. Mentors of the project were Jemma Woolmore and Mickey van Olst. Other collaborators were Karolina Żyniewicz and Hugo Larqué.&nbsp;I contributed significantly to this project through research-based conceptualization and ideation. My further responsibilities included the VR development and VR scene building, while also working on elements of sound recording and storytelling. ‘Leaking Bodies’ was first presented at the finissage of the exhibition 'stretching materialities' at TA T on 4th March 2022. In the course of a three-day festival the project will again be presented on 23.-25. June 2022. WorkshopsWith Karolina&nbsp;Żyniewicz, I hold workshops, where we share the knowledge, established methods, and experience in digital archiving, materiality and virtual reality that we gained from the ‘Leaking Bodies’ project. Through a process of (research-based) storytelling, collecting fieldwork samples, recording with EMF mics, cameras, and mini microscopes we stretch our perspectives on the materiality of objects in our environment. The workshop participants are taught how to plan and implement artistic research, including fieldwork experiences, formulating narration, creating documentation, and designing presentations.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <img width="1800" height="4000" width_o="1800" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/574e87233d9bb5b66c54922bf998f1e1b64d036b82284d62fe16a56900dd6aa0/IMG_20220624_112848.jpg" data-mid="179953320" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/574e87233d9bb5b66c54922bf998f1e1b64d036b82284d62fe16a56900dd6aa0/IMG_20220624_112848.jpg" /> <img width="1168" height="2592" width_o="1168" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/361f7e3de840e5b59155f3c8a14c3d21e590f1e3f4db225c6f860d678fe4df29/IMG_20220624_113444.jpg" data-mid="179953222" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/361f7e3de840e5b59155f3c8a14c3d21e590f1e3f4db225c6f860d678fe4df29/IMG_20220624_113444.jpg" /> <img width="1168" height="2592" width_o="1168" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a75b4057ae38a699a0b6d18d336136862c08b2cef156022ed6c0e8e10459c8b4/IMG_20220624_113618.jpg" data-mid="180030759" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a75b4057ae38a699a0b6d18d336136862c08b2cef156022ed6c0e8e10459c8b4/IMG_20220624_113618.jpg" /> <img width="1168" height="2592" width_o="1168" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58748e931e4ac13aa0f5f78a2cc1df998c8fcd03513052b87a5ef4db98930542/IMG_20220624_112448.jpg" data-mid="180030892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58748e931e4ac13aa0f5f78a2cc1df998c8fcd03513052b87a5ef4db98930542/IMG_20220624_112448.jpg" /> <img width="1168" height="2592" width_o="1168" height_o="2592" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6869b97c5ea1c09fbd6ed47db5c4c2ea856f47c815ca9d76d7b5da28546046a2/IMG_20220624_113426.jpg" data-mid="180031280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6869b97c5ea1c09fbd6ed47db5c4c2ea856f47c815ca9d76d7b5da28546046a2/IMG_20220624_113426.jpg" /> <img width="1800" height="4000" width_o="1800" height_o="4000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a49d794f6ace5a95152a7487c2e82d8fe32affcb82f8f7716ffb30acf166e42f/IMG_20220624_114936.jpg" data-mid="179953189" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a49d794f6ace5a95152a7487c2e82d8fe32affcb82f8f7716ffb30acf166e42f/IMG_20220624_114936.jpg" /> Microscopic captures from our Workshop ‘Leaking Bodies’, 2022 Additional Links Blog Entry about “Leaking Bodies” Blog Entry about Stretching Senses School https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/MuShell Wed, 12 Jan 2022 21:38:41 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/MuShell &nbsp; MuShell Music of the Shells <img width="1140" height="760" width_o="1140" height_o="760" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fe44a54042246d036ec9cb9d7053e36703dbc31ca450b7298682882309fcfc1a/bild-Mushell.png" data-mid="130882082" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fe44a54042246d036ec9cb9d7053e36703dbc31ca450b7298682882309fcfc1a/bild-Mushell.png" /> MuShell explores the musicalization of snail shell patterns, which are created by the activation and inhibition of pigment production, regulated by underlying processes. The group project was inspired by the similarity of some sea snails to cylindrical music boxes. The dots on the surface of the shell resemble the pins on the cylinder surface. This led to the core question of the project: How can the patterns from nature be made audible? The process of sonification of the snail shells involved photogrammetry to create a 3D model from approximately one hundred photographs, procedural 3D modeling to render the pattern as a flat image, image processing to extract the relevant patterns, and further data processing in Python to convert these patterns into MIDI files. Final instrumentation of the generated MIDI files was done in GarageBand. <img width="1953" height="2762" width_o="1953" height_o="2762" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/85bf3fa64188aab7c6adaffbbaff3718b318cf2f40b8379e9e9b36e7c5531db2/Poster_MuShell_compressed.png" data-mid="130040076" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/85bf3fa64188aab7c6adaffbbaff3718b318cf2f40b8379e9e9b36e7c5531db2/Poster_MuShell_compressed.png" /> <img width="4000" height="3000" width_o="4000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cf268aa145f7635702e4587ef70e31b9db97a9e4cf68e3843f378a8a5ad0d104/mushell-box.jpeg" data-mid="130883196" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cf268aa145f7635702e4587ef70e31b9db97a9e4cf68e3843f378a8a5ad0d104/mushell-box.jpeg" /> <img width="1140" height="855" width_o="1140" height_o="855" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4677d9421fd36ec98fb9eb01fd38547a30dae9b1cb9566c927c4405167d6e7ef/schnecke_kamera_lichtbox.png" data-mid="130883191" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4677d9421fd36ec98fb9eb01fd38547a30dae9b1cb9566c927c4405167d6e7ef/schnecke_kamera_lichtbox.png" /> Sound DesignDuring the process, many decisions had to be taken. Since the snails are distributed throughout the entire Indo-Pacific, the sonification was not to be implemented with exclusively Western scales. However, in the sonification process, the limitations of digital music production tools became apparent. The 127 different levels of a MIDI file are read in by most DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) as notes of the Western 12 TET system. This standard behavior can only be changed with specialized plug-ins for microtonal music and has led to the necessity to adapt the translation of the point coordinates into notes to the scales of the 12 TET system. This shows the bias of the conception of modern music production. The last step again contains a lot of interpretation and decision making, as the received MIDI files were equipped with instruments and modulations in GarageBand according to subjective taste. Both traditional and modern synthetic sounds were used, which can best reproduce the pattern of the shell artistically and educationally. For fine patterns with a high density of dots, staccato sounds are more suitable; for coarser patterns, flowing sounds fit better. <img width="1878" height="4200" width_o="1878" height_o="4200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8ddd48ad39b52db2597a6c1bc0164124804ca70e87da15862f05c3b824f569e5/Group-5.png" data-mid="131663023" border="0" data-scale="10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8ddd48ad39b52db2597a6c1bc0164124804ca70e87da15862f05c3b824f569e5/Group-5.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Your browser does not support the audio tag. <img width="1878" height="4200" width_o="1878" height_o="4200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b8efffcaffdec59f09bc1576457081ae5a4128091c1f2a3cd7c6ae0361b6f885/Group-6.png" data-mid="131749351" border="0" data-scale="10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b8efffcaffdec59f09bc1576457081ae5a4128091c1f2a3cd7c6ae0361b6f885/Group-6.png" />&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Your browser does not support the audio tag. <img width="1878" height="4200" width_o="1878" height_o="4200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e73aab447987b04f22f10045834f30402dc43e602f0a3908b028345eebcd374f/Group-7.png" data-mid="131663025" border="0" data-scale="10" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e73aab447987b04f22f10045834f30402dc43e602f0a3908b028345eebcd374f/Group-7.png" />.&nbsp; &nbsp; Your browser does not support the audio tag. MuShell was created within a group project. I had the main responsibility for the sound and poster design. Electronics, research and documentation were done by me in half parts. The photogrammetry part was divided into photographing the snails, which we did together as a group, and the masking of the snails in the photos and the calculations by the photogrammetry program, which again I contributed half of. In the coding of the programs I took an assisting role on this occasion. Exhibition In collaboration with Mediasphere for Nature, thirteen snails with interesting patterns were selected. Three additional snails were acquired for the project and for the exhibition. To showcase the project, custom music boxes were built. The snail is rotated by an Arduino-controlled stepper motor, while viewers can listen to the soundtrack of the patterns through headphones. In addition, LEDs mounted in the music box indicate the note played simultaneously in the melody by lighting up at the representative point of the octave. The MuShell boxes were exhibited as part of the “Soft Encounters” exhibition from 14.-17. October 2021. The MuShell snails were exhibited on the 2nd of July 2022 at the Long Night of Science 2022 in Berlin at the Museum of Natural History. Additional Links Blog Entry by Christel Clerc at the Website of Mediasphere for Nature Blog Entry by the MuShell Team at the Website of Mediasphere for Nature Blog Entry by MuShell Team at the Website of lab:prepare MuShell Github-Repository Ausstellungsflyer “Soft Encounters” Animated&nbsp;MuShell Videos Music Box MuShell Videos https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/New-Genetic-Creations Fri, 26 May 2023 13:41:27 +0000 Portfolio Charlotte Roschka https://charlotteroschka.cargo.site/New-Genetic-Creations New Genetic Creations Playing God <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e6a0463d909bf9c92ab317866717230c4e53963c91dc61c2643bb397193a048/dna2image_2v-9500.png" data-mid="180060548" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/1e6a0463d909bf9c92ab317866717230c4e53963c91dc61c2643bb397193a048/dna2image_2v-9500.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3cde0de4afdeb322127a611c2fb34b5a691e4951fca3e9a0e486accfbaaa5b54/dna2image_2v-22500.png" data-mid="180060485" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/3cde0de4afdeb322127a611c2fb34b5a691e4951fca3e9a0e486accfbaaa5b54/dna2image_2v-22500.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3414c6a47e3b82fb0d1f63893bdac97e22e8f89cbd21b68026000065bac2fc84/dna2image_2v-17000.png" data-mid="180060552" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/3414c6a47e3b82fb0d1f63893bdac97e22e8f89cbd21b68026000065bac2fc84/dna2image_2v-17000.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ee9c61e94aaadc82ee662561a7f7d3f4809b866842f89706a39036e9a8fefb2c/dna2image_2v-21000.png" data-mid="180060555" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/ee9c61e94aaadc82ee662561a7f7d3f4809b866842f89706a39036e9a8fefb2c/dna2image_2v-21000.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/389cc43ed27434f1b9d48118391ad2db6d8b123d685ffb76126cc9f2051d8fa3/dna2image_2v-25000.png" data-mid="180060520" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/389cc43ed27434f1b9d48118391ad2db6d8b123d685ffb76126cc9f2051d8fa3/dna2image_2v-25000.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/66b58b1eebdc081f75d1dea2db13e905bb08f53a992270eeb9dcaa17b1a882bf/test_creation_charlotte.png" data-mid="180060283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/66b58b1eebdc081f75d1dea2db13e905bb08f53a992270eeb9dcaa17b1a882bf/test_creation_charlotte.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ac322ec638f70d76e5c3be4328b51249b479d06db6f4fb8898bb867cf5a2b901/dna2image_2v-10000.png" data-mid="180060539" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/ac322ec638f70d76e5c3be4328b51249b479d06db6f4fb8898bb867cf5a2b901/dna2image_2v-10000.png" /> <img width="512" height="512" width_o="512" height_o="512" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6d9fb9949657a8556be3c8b184677d794dc3a27bc605e4112d7383a38fc31c45/genetic_creation_19.png" data-mid="235157365" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/512/i/6d9fb9949657a8556be3c8b184677d794dc3a27bc605e4112d7383a38fc31c45/genetic_creation_19.png" /> Images created using a stable diffusion model for which I trained an embedding with Hox gene sequences and images of the corresponding organisms. This project explores the use of machine learning to generate grayscale images based on the hox genes of various organisms. Hox genes are essential in controlling the body plan of animals and other eukaryotes, and their sequences exhibit patterns unique to each species. By using hox genes and corresponding images, this project aims to explore the hidden patterns that life's creation is based on.The development of genome and gene sequencing technologies was a milestone in biology, providing unprecedented insight into the genetic material of living organisms. With this breakthrough came the promise of unlocking the secrets of life, from understanding how genes interact with each other to finding cures for many diseases. However, as we delved deeper into the genetic complexity of life, it became clear that the interplay between genes is much more intricate and convoluted than initially anticipated. Despite significant progress in identifying genes and their functions, there is still much we do not know about how these genetic building blocks work together to form complex biological systems.For this project, Hox gene sequences were obtained from the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). The sequences were truncated to a 158-character string, as this is the maximum input for the ‘Stable Diffusion‘ model. Images of the corresponding species were selected and edited into greyscale images, which function as a 2D representation for the body of these organisms. An embedding on the pre-trained stable diffusion model version 1.5 was trained on 80 images with its corresponding DNA. Playing God Installation<img width="3710" height="3002" width_o="3710" height_o="3002" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9e4c3fef0822f32f3de6f9ab2f87195c7840fa321d43e77d8c265f3a0ffebabd/playing_god.png" data-mid="237888829" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9e4c3fef0822f32f3de6f9ab2f87195c7840fa321d43e77d8c265f3a0ffebabd/playing_god.png" />For this installation, all amino acid combinations were mapped on a 64 Midi-Keys Keyboard. When played, the DNA codons were transferred to the Stable Diffusion model, and a resulting phenotype was outputted.