Munsell Richter

These living landscapes, presented like the Gerhard Richter colour chart, were made of samples of mud collected from ten water bodies across Bengaluru. As the microbes in the mud photosynthesized pigments, we were exposed to the process of growth and decay of different species of bacteria within this finite ecosystem, resulting in beautiful transforming colorfield paintings.

Mud samples were collected from the following sources:

  • Aivarakhandapura lake

  • Mestripalya Lake

  • Bagalagunte Lake

  • Curiouscity Construction Site Sarjapur

  • Varthur Lake

  • Narsipura Lake

  • Borewell

  • Ramanagara

  • J P Nagar Puttenahalli lake 

  • Thirumenahalli Lake, Agrahara lake , Chokkanahalli lake

Jenifer-Wightman

About the Artist

Jenifer Wightman is a science-based conceptual artist and scientist specializing in greenhouse gas accounting of sustainable bioenergy production systems. She began making science-based art in 2002.

Working creatively between art and science, Wightman has taught Biodesign and Sustainable Systems at Parsons and is a research scientist specializing in greenhouse gas mitigationat Cornell. Her bioart work is collected and exhibited internationally, stemming from artistic residencies at Djerassi, Sandbox, Center for Book Arts,Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Bronx Museum of Arts, Nordic Arts Center Norway, MacDowell.

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