The Advantageous Gut Flora

by Noor Syahirah Binti Mohd Zahari

Lactobacillus bacteria is a subject matter that has been applied into this artwork. With the supplemental design from The Starry Night painting by Vincent van Gogh, I added texture, patterns, various techniques also colours from the Starry Night painting. I have lovingly worked into this piece and used various material such macramé cotton rope, wool, jute and some ribbons that representing the human intestines. This interior artwork can be hang in meditation area or any hall as an awareness for society to know that there was a good bacteria that are good for health such human intestines and directly manage human’s stress, mood and depressions. For this study, I used resist technique, digital printing, embroidery on net and also macramé to produce this wall hanging. I also combined the hoops within the hoops to make the difference and representing that the L. bacteria in the intestines. This can be actually describe that when human taking care of their stomach by eat good food such fermented food, dairy, tempeh and yogurt (read the label that include Lactobacillus), human also taking care of their stress and mood because our stomach directly connected to our brain.

Noor Syahirah Binti Mohd Zahari