The Silence of Slime Mould

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Exploring the intersection of art and science, this collection showcases artworks derived from experiments with the single-cell organism Physarum polycephalum, known as slime mould. The organism's ability to compute by optimizing its shape and responding to stimuli reveals a unique form of intelligence, challenging traditional notions of cognition. Through these creations, viewers gain insight into the slime mould's environmental interactions, highlighting that intelligence can exist without a brain.