Uncertainty of Ferofauce

Ferofauce is a multicellular organism. Ferofauce, like amoebas, has no definite body shape and appears as lumps of jelly-like substance. Due to its angst towards the uncertainty of its environment, it transforms its body in response to the external stimuli. Ferofauce ecosystems are rare; in phases of uncertainty, the organism  constructs trajectories to the closest magnetised position and clusters into patterns to find the nearest notion of familiarity. Furthermore, when stimulated by blue monochromatic light, the organism releases its angst and settles from the feeling of uncertainty, forming a symbiotic relationship of acceptance with its reality. Nonetheless, its distress of uncertainty is the result of its mutation and growth over time. 

Ferofauce invites the audience to communicate with it through the use of a magnet and a blue laser as interaction devices. Ferofauce, which is an amalgamation of ferrofluid and phosphorescence compounds, exhibits the intricate characteristic of generating the most effective course towards the position(s) where the magnet is placed by the visitor. Due to this property of its behaviour, each visitor experiences a unique conversation with the organism, as each of its physical transformations is distinctive to the (non)human with whom it is conversing. 

Researchers have been unable to determine the genesis of Ferofauce, and biologists and chemists are actively investigating the peculiar chemical properties that lie in its synthesis. This organism has been discovered beneath the tectonic plates, and is novel to the land of Leiden. However, for additional investigation, it has been relocated to the back of room 4.28 and will be available for interaction on Friday, March 23rd in Huygens Laboratory at Leiden University. 

As the nuances of mutation circulated on the face of the planet, so did I. In contact with time, I evolved like a death star reaching its demise. How do you manoeuvre around the space(s) you inhabit? How do you find home in the vastness of what they call Earth? As this uncertainty of life embodied my being and, so did ti(me).

Christina Irakleous, Vinnayakk Bangarwaa, and Pragya Jain(PJ) collaborated on this work.