Diary of three fish who met the artist in the lab

Diary of three fish who met the artist in the lab; true stories of their lives as told by their otoliths. Alizarin red rings mark the days they visited the lab. This project is a result of an ongoing research on the fish otolith.

ink on paper – 21cm * 29cm

Featured at @angewandteinnovationlab online exhibition https://mayiintroduce-alien.com/projects/lab

* An otolith is a calcium carbonate structure in the saccule or utricle of the inner ear, specifically in the vestibular system.

**Alizarin red has been used in laboratory of fish ecology for staining the otoliths in fish larvae to study their movements in Danub.

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