Christina Nguyen Hung

Triptych of Durst Lambda prints (size variable), 2005
Part of a series of images in which cultures of Serratia marcescens are imprinted with sections of the First Amendment using common household chemicals such as: such as bleach, peroxide, hand sanitizing gel, antibacterial soap and cleanser. After periods of twenty-four, forty-eight and seventy-two hours, the resistance effect [...]

Diptych of Durst Lambda Prints (size variable), 2005
A map of the continental US created with Bacterium Serratia Marcescens and nutrient agar in a glass petri dish. The map was created using a small positive mold of the US. The mold was placed in a Petri dish followed by liquid agarose gel. Once the gel cooled [...]

About this artwork: an image of a 200 mm. square petri dish with nutrient agar and the bacterium S. marcescens grown to form a Joseph McCarthy/John Ashcroft hybrid.
Epson inkjet print 47” x 47
2005

About this artwork: a series of four images, taken over time, of a petri dish with nutrient agar and the bacterium Serratia marcescens grown to form the phrase “stay the course,” a phrase used repeatedly by President Bush when describing U.S. strategy in Iraq. The dish is photographed at various points in time, recording the [...]

I made this drawing for output to a 3D printer. Hopefully, I will have something I can use as a lithography stamp (plate).