KORALYSIS
Gilberto Esparza, Taller 30
Contemplates a series of artistic interventions in different points of the ocean. The project seeks to raise social awareness about the importance of addressing the problem of coral reefs, impacted by phenomena such as urbanization, mismanagement of waste, and climate change.
Specifically, Korallysis is based on the development of hybrid organisms between mechanical systems and coral colonies that coexist in a symbiotic relationship. They are mechanisms that generate energy and electricity taking advantage of marine currents.
The electricity that these devices produce, generates electrolysis, a phenomenon that allows minerals such as magnesium and calcium carbonate present in the seawater, to adhere to ceramic structures accelerating the coral growth in a way that favors their natural process of biomineralization.
The creative development process has involved art students, engineering, biology and physics, pottery craftsmen, and civil associations dedicated to reef restoration of coral.
Gilberto Esparza (Mexico) lives and works in San Miguel de Allende and Mexico City. Bachelor in Fine Arts at The University of Guanajuato and a oneyear exchange at the Faculty of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia, Spain. He investigates technology as a possibility to pose questions and solutions to the impacts of the human footprint on life on earth, based on a vindication of the intelligence inherent in life and rethinking the relationship of human societies with the natural environment. His practice employs recycling consumer technology and experiments with biotechnology.