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"On a sleek, low plinth in the National Gallery of Victoria, Alex Goad's
artificial reef structure looks perfectly at home beside other modernist
installations.
The archway of interconnected modules, made with the help of three-dimensional
printers, is part of an exhibit featuring creative professionals who fuse
design, technology and science to imagine the future.
It's visually pleasing in luminous white. The bumpy, lattice-like construction
is highly tactile and tall enough for visitors to experience from the inside,
like a sheltering fish.
About 9,000km away, in the Maldives, clusters of the same modules sit on the
sea floor off Summer Island.
Three years ago, the naked building blocks were quickly assembled by divers,
and these days they're covered in coral, sponges and algae and double as a
protective home for tropical marine species.
Coral fragments that were implanted onto the structure are now mature and have
been joined by a bunch of natural recruits.
It's a satisfying proof-of-concept for Goad, an industrial designer who seems
to sit somewhere between artist, inventor, environmentalist and lover of
science."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
