Monika Pocrnjić - web

Open Code Oasis, aquaponic system/ interactive installation, 2014.; also performative lecture (17.-18.12.2014.),

Regardless the implicit criticism of auto-destructive modern farming production methods, The Open Code: Oasis devised mostly as an interactive intervention, intends to raise the awareness about new and environment-friendly options of individual self-supply. A household aquarium is transformed into an aquaponics food production system – a symbiotic combination of hydroponics and aquaculture, which uses a minimal input of energy to produce a relatively sizeable crop. Aquaponic food production forms a closed circular system, into which only food needs to be added – the fish eat the food and excrete ammonia, which is then processed by the bacteria into nitrates; the nitrates feed the plants, and the plants in turn clean the water inside the tank. The project is conceived in an utmost openly manner, during all of its stages public can participate in the workshop.

Monika Pocrnjić graduate student of art education at the University of Maribor. Participates in the rehabilitation colonies as organizer of art activities, within which explores the special pedagogy and art therapy. She deals with activist projects related to new technologies, such as biology and art enriching them with their pedagogical knowledge. She develops transdisciplinary approaches and introduces them to contemporary art practice setting temporary laboratories, platforms, which combine art, technology and society.