The Greenpoint Bioremediation Project (gBP)
Sunday, September 13 from 4-6pm in the Toxic Sites tent at Photoville
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Description of Demonstration: The Greenpoint Bioremediation Project (gBP) is an artist-led creative cleanup and community partnership to innovate bioremediation practices for residents in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. The Greenpoint neighborhood along the Newtown Creek EPA Superfund site is one of the most polluted urban areas in the country. The gBP collaborating with the NYC Urban Soils Institute (USI) has been conducting research that uses mushrooms to clean toxins from the soil while investigating how to enhance beneficial microorganisms already living in the soil. Together USI and gBP has been working to make visible the bacteria, minerals, and contaminants beneath our feet to discover the virtues and vices of the urban soils that support our environment. gBP members will demonstrate their work in the Toxic Sites tent.
Bios: Tatiana Morin is the Director of the NYC Urban Soils Institute to advance the scientific understanding and promote the sustainable use of urban soils through education, conservation, and research for diverse audiences. Tatiana is a geologist specializing in hydrogeology. Her research is focused on pollutant load reduction through filtration capacities of the NYC stormwater-capture Greenstreets initiative.
Jan Mun is the co-founder of The Greenpoint Bioremediation Project (gBP) and a media artist who creates social sculptures. She uses a combination of artistic and scientific processes that manifest in the form of social practice, interactive installations, and bio-art. Jan is an amateur mycologist, microbiologist, and beekeeper working in collaboration with communities to innovate ways to communicate with each other and the larger public.
 
