July 3 SEED salon with PHILIP ROSS -- LIFE INDOORS

Tuesday July 3, 7 pm at the Odessa Club, Dame Court, Dublin 2.
Donation: 5 Euro.

Many of the artworks made by Bay Area biological artist PHILIP ROSS are created through the design and construction of controlled environmental spaces.

Juggernaut (pictured) is a self-contained habitat for one living plant. Three blown glass enclosures provide a hydroponic environment; the plant's roots are submerged in nutrient-infused water, while LED lights supply the necessary illumination. In creating it Ross drew on two culturally divergent traditions - Chinese scholar's objects and Victorian glass conservatories, which share the belief that nature is best understood when seen through the lens of human artifice.

In this SEED art-science salon, Philip Ross will present the evolution of his own artwork, which consists of transforming a variety of living species into sculptural artifacts that are at once highly crafted and naturally formed, skillfully manipulated and sloppily organic. Mr. Ross is based in the Bay Area of California, where he teaches courses on art, technology, and philosophy at Stanford University and the California College of the Arts.