Laure Vigna

There are tides in the body (Greenwich), 2022

Unfired industrial terracotta and wild clay from London construction sites, sand from the Thames River, sisal, rusted steel, bacteria (iron-oxidising bacteria, campylobacter jejuni, e. coli, salmonella, shigella, staphylococcus, yersinia, ...), viruses (bacteriophages, ...) and other microorganisms, plankton, algae, salt, sewage, oestrogens, moulds, microplastics, glass shards, possible traces of high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus, heavy metals (aluminium, mercury, lead, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, thallium, copper, nickel, zinc, boron, ...), pharmaceuticals (beta-blockers, antibiotics, antidepressants, caffeine, sleeping medication and antihistamines, ...), chemicals (detergents, food additives, preservatives, cosmetics, ...), organochlorines (pesticides, flame retardants such as PBDEs and NBFRs, PCBs, DDTs, HCBs, ...), etc.