A photograph of microbes, with some stained blue and others stained green
Superhero, phosphorus-consuming microbes (in blue)

Cycle P15

A Chicago Artists Month Art Installation

November 2 - 27

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

111 E. Erie Lobby, Chicago


Cycle P15: Game On!

A Chicago Artists Month Event

November 13, 4 pm - 6:30 pm

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

111 E. Erie Lobby, Chicago

Our bodies need it. Plants need it. It's phosphorus, and we're running out of it. At the same time, millions of tons of it pollute our waterways each year. But here in Chicago, action is underway to help solve these challenges. Soon phosphorus will be removed from our wastewater and turned into fertilizer that will stay in the soil, where plants need it -- instead of polluting our water.

Cycle P15 is artwork inspired by this innovation. A cutting-edge solution merits cutting-edge expression: augmented reality (AR). With a free downloadable app, any mobile device directed at AR artwork will show both an actual object or image, and an artist's augmentation of it.

AR is incorporated into artwork that is in the form of a game, where the players are the game pieces.

All inspired by the magic of phosphorus recovery.