Living equipment 0.4: Pyrolysis oven
Pyrolysis is a technique for producing heat without greenhouse gases (CO2). This technique causes the combustible material (biomass) to pyrolyse, i.e. burn without oxygen. What comes out of the oven (apart from food) is vegetable charcoal that can be used as a nutrient-rich soil conditioner, also known as biochar.
The 'Living Equipment' is a set of multi-purpose, self-designed travel equipment that grows and changes during the research process. For example, from a canopy to a portable pyrolysis oven, hectograph printing kit, multifunctional cargo bike, herbarium, audio/video recorder, sample cabinets, food library, etc. The 'Living Equipment' is also a multifunctional medium that is used to perform, meet our daily needs, create installations, exchange, collect and archive during the itinerant research project Stone Soup. The 'Living Equipment' aims to establish relationships with the spaces, situations and landscapes we encounter.
Inés and Michela use food and our food culture as an artistic medium, thereby questioning our social and physical environment. Equipped with nothing more than a portable oven and some kitchen utensils, they use Stone Soup to spark conversations, with the preparation of a dish serving as a bonding agent.
Read more about the project here.