Christian Kerrigan

Encased Nature 3.0, 2010

A3 inkjet print 

A close up detail of the installation 'Chemical Garden'. A sample of moss is seen encased by curing skins within a highly concentrate body of salt water. The 'chemical sculpture' of moss and alginate, an extract from seaweed, form over time, before they drop to the bottom of the tank.

 Christian Kerrigan is an artist who uses digital technology to make sculptures, installations, and drawings, which draw out an array of ideas about nature, technology and mortality. Using raw materials from the natural world merged with new technologies in computing and science, he creates work which momentarily live.

www.christiankerrigan.com/

2011 - Short film on the V&A channel