Exploring the Invisible

August 17, 2014 8:25 AM

Dr. Simon Park is Exploring the Invisible, the world of microbial art, with Physarum (writeup), A New Field Guide To The Wild Flowers Of The Crystal World, Designing Flowers For A Bee-Less World, Ghost.

Biotextiles

Also in a featured Gallery at Microbial Art and the tumblr bioproject.

Microbiology At Home - A Short Non-Laboratory Manual For Enthusiasts and Bioartists [PDF]

posted by the man of twists and turns (2 comments total)

So beautiful. As a young man, I was inspired to go into applied mathematics by reading D'Arcy Thompson, and these images rekindle that passion for the esthetics of biological form and function. And yet, like so many things in our current era, it has a backdrop of ecological and climate crisis--the bee-less world link is fascinating and sad at the same time.
posted by mondo dentro at 9:44 AM on August 17, 2014 [1 favorite]

Interesting. Here's a few relevant projects on a "Crystal World" tip:

• Seizure - a crystal covered tenement apartment.
• The Crystal World - a series of performances / experiments around computation, e-waste and natural crystal forms in geology.

posted by mr.ersatz at 2:50 PM on August 17, 2014