Living Devices investigates the possibility of creating a series of devices that explore the simple concept of functionality between biological and technological components. Function could be understood here as the completion of a process or action. In this case, the device’s function would need to rely on both its biological and technological components to be fully realized. The work plays on the hypothesis that organisms exist within a certain spectrum of the environment, and when conditions change, the organisms will no longer grow in that environment. The artist chose to work with bacteria and the petri plate for this project. The JM109 strain of E. coli bacteria was used as the prototype organism due to easy access and availability in the lab. The design of the device is very simple: through modularly configured electrical stimulation, the user can generate different biological growth patterns realized by E. coli bacteria colonies. The artist developed custom petri plates that could allow electrode plug-ins without contaminating the growth environment. The project mainly focused on developing a method that could be applied to other types of bacteria, and in doing so, create the capacity to extend the series of work.