Practitioners

Slimy Futures

Catherine Euale (Slimy Futures) is a bio-artist, material researcher and science communicator based in the east coast of Turtle Island. Her practice explores marine algae as a source of biocompatible, water-responsive materials, from sodium alginate films and bioyarn to solid kelp-gellant vessels and laser-cut composite sheets. Rooted in more-than-human design and a decade of biofabrication work, her work emerges at the intersection of art, ecology and speculative design. As a materials based practitioner, her projects are less objects and more living archives of what algae can become and how we can relate to our built environment as part of a larger living ecosystem. She teaches bioplastics workshops, mentors emerging biodesigners, and creates innovative materials like self-powering algae-based electronics. She facilitates exhibitions and workshops as a way of inviting people to touch, question and imagine new relationships with our underwater kin.