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PICA Day 5

long day teaching at SymbioticA and get to PICA & the paint fumes from the new big PICA show install were terrible. I fed the Hydra & Daphnia. I hope the fumes dont affect the Daphnia - they are sensitive little critters.

Hydra


Daphnia

Physarum

Megs and I left to escape and bought a kettle for the show. We meet Tiff, Daz and Ceri for dinner at Viet Hoa and then off to bed. I couldnt get on-line on Friday night so am writing this on Sunday night.

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3 September - 30 October 2011
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