What microbes are we displacing and forcing into migration, when we build, terraform or attempt to green urban spaces? What impact does that have on ecosystems and can we find ways to reintroduce them to foster generative cohabitation between humans and other species?

Microbial Dwellings is a sculpture with living microbes based on a series of soil sampling workshops that invites audiences to collect, grow, see and learn about microbes from the ecosystem at the site of the M-Pavilion i Melbourne. Participants collected soil samples and made dilutions to apply to the agar plates. The microbes  began to grow revealing the diversity of microbes beyond the human gaze.

M Pavilion, Melbourne, Australia

2025