Zone of Inhibition

Single channel video. 14:13 Zone of Inhibition explores a speculative space of encounter between micro-organisms and humans. Based on activities that took place during the first artist-led genetic modification workshop in Scotland, the title of the film refers to the threshold space in which microbial growth is inhibited as a result of antibiotics - a space in which microbes encounter humanity’s resistance to them as other. Using darkness as a cover of anonymity, Mackenzie facilitates dialogue between the speculative kin of microbes and those who have genetically modified them.