MIHA GODEC: Temni kisik / Dark Oxygen: Malum Prohibitum
27. 12. 2025, 19:00–22:00
29 12. 2025, 17:00–19:00 (Voden ogled z umetnikom)
Odprtje razstave je del zaključnega dogodka ob zaprtju osmo/ze.
Instalacija Temni kisik raziskuje skrivnostne, a izjemno specifične procese globokomorskih ekosistemov. Projekt izhaja iz prelomnega znanstvenega odkritja, objavljenega leta 2024 v reviji Nature (Nat. Geosci. 17, 2024)*, ki razkriva pojav tako imenovanega temnega kisika v Tihem oceanu. Godec v sodelovanju s Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (Frankfurt, Nemčija) in z Inštitutom za kovinske materiale in tehnologije (IMT) poustvari polimetalne nodule ter procese elektrolize.
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Dark Oxygen: Malum Prohibitum
Osmo/za, Slovenska 54, Ljubljana (8th floor)
Exhibition opening is part of the closing event of osmo/za.
Guided tour with the artist, Monday, 29. 12.
@5 :00 pm
The installation Dark Oxygen investigates obscure yet highly specific processes within deep-sea ecosystems. In collaboration with the Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (Frankfurt, Germany) and the Institute of Metals and Technology (IMT), Godec reconstructs polymetallic nodules and electrolytic processes. The installation establishes a closed, interdependent loop between electrolysis, which generates dark oxygen, and aerobic bacteria whose activity is linked to algorithmic control and the amount of available oxygen. The system operates as a living, responsive structure in which technology, chemistry, and biology are continuously intertwined.
Miha Godec, Dark Oxygen: Malum Prohibitum, 2025
Curated by: Maša Žekš
Technical and Development Support: Institute of Metals and Technology (IMT)
Photogrammetry and 3D Scans of Polymetallic Nodules: Senckenberg Ocean Species Alliance (Frankfurt, Germany),
@kersnikova_institute
Programming: Dimitry Morozov
Technology: computer, sensors, microcontrollers, pumps, laboratory glassware, metal, acrylic
Production: Artevida Institute
Co-production and Support: Institute of Metals and Technology (IMT),
@projektatol
Supported by: Municipality of Ljubljana
Special thanks: Dr. Irena Paulin (IMT), Nejc Velikonja (IMT), Prof. Dr. Nejc Hodnik (IMT)