Quantum artist, Jasmine Pradissitto creates sculpture ‘ Flower Girl’ that cleans the air.
1 min readArticle by Mark Westall.
Female quantum artist, Jasmine Pradissitto is debuting a new sculpture for the Horniman Museum and Gardens which has just opened this week following months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of her latest artwork is to help bees thrive by the side of one of London’s busiest roads, the South Circular.
The sculpture titled Flower Girl, is made from a material called NoxTek, a geopolymer that absorbs NO2 or nitrogen dioxide pollution from the air. NO2 has been found to mask the smell of flowers and prevent bees from finding food and the sculpture is placed in the museum’s gardens alongside the new bee ‘hotel’.
Jasmine is the only artist with rights to work with the material. […]