YeastRing – It is all about Yeasts.

Now in SGD – 2.6.2019

21.3.201921.3.2019 yeastogramsArt

Living Images, Yeastograms are part of the current OPEN LABS -exhibition in Science Gallery Dublin. I would like to see how they are but had to come back to Finland. The yeastograms are in sealed[…]

YeastRing name comes from the history of yeast. From the fact that people have stored the yeast strains in these wooden rings. The living organism, yeast have lived within families, farmhouses for hundreds of years.[…]

Artist Statement 2019

26.11.201821.3.2019 yeastogramsArt

Living Images, Yeastograms Eläviä kuvia, hiivagrammeja Johanna Rotko is a visual artist working with living materials mainly different yeasts. She cultivates yeast on growth mediums, which are used in basic microbiology, the yeast plates go[…]

Hanseniaspora osmophilia

26.8.201817.3.2019 yeastogramsScience

I have a privilidge to try out this Hanseniaspora osmophilia -yeast with help from VTT yeast collection. This yeast species got my attention when I was reading about other species of yeast than Saccharomyces cerevisiae. I[…]

My environment

15.8.20189.10.2018 yeastogramsArt

I am studying my surroundings with yeast images. The technique has thought me a lot of humility towards nature, specially yeasts and other small creatures. Yeasts are everywhere and we need them as much as oxygen[…]

@yeastograms Instagram feed

3.7.201813.9.2018 yeastogramsArt

Human faces, not portraits

1.7.201827.2.2019 yeastogramsArt

I have been using human face on the yeast images from the beginning of the project. Main reason why is that the faces have endless possibilities to form a yeast image/yeastograms. The variation of results[…]

Living Images in FEMeeting 2018

26.6.201813.9.2018 yeastogramsArt

I participated FEMeeting in Portugal with my project. There were 66 women presenting amazing projects. It was a huge honour to present my work with yeast images to this group. The conference aimed to: “Meeting is to[…]

Wild yeast hunt

11.6.201811.6.2018 yeastogramsProducts

Yeasts are everywhere around us, mainly they live where sugars are present. In fruits, berries, flowers, insects also soil and tree bark, also they are in the air. Here are some links related to wild[…]

UV-light and yeast

28.5.201811.6.2018 yeastogramsScience

In my research project yeast cells (mainly Saccharomyces cerevisiae) goes under the UV-lamps. Ultraviolet light is an electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength from 10 nm to 400 nm from which I am using 365-405nm. Cells go[…]

About yeast intelligence

28.5.201813.9.2018 yeastogramsScience

I have started to acknowledge more about the intelligence of other species and to respect different kind of intelligence not just human. I am wondering what kind of intelligence yeasts have? What is their purpose[…]