Acerca del libro
Like the ‘oltramarino’ of Rennaissance Italy, cyanobacteria possess that unattainable quality of the colour blue, of beyond the seas and beyond the skies. We are continually expanding our sphere of knowledge, but the power it brings is not a constant. Science increases knowledge in the manner of light shining into infinite darkness. Look beyond our own existence and we can see the edges of the known future: billions of bacteria of which only a miniscule percentage has been identified, evidence of water (and hence the possibility of life) on planets far beyond our reach. Science is the light that we cast, the future that we can begin to comprehend. Beauty, awe and mystery are found at the edges of the spectrum. It is this sublime that Oltramarino celebrates: the glimmers of light in the infinite darkness.
Características y detalles
- Categoría principal: Bellas artes
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Características: 15×23 cm
N.º de páginas: 62 - Fecha de publicación: may. 20, 2013
- Idioma English
- Palabras clave art, science, micro, macro, biology, evolution, astronomy, post-humanism
Acerca del creador
Louise Mackenzie is a UK based artist creating installation, sculpture, performance, sound and film works. Exploring what it means to be human, Louise Mackenzie's work often crosses disciplinary boundaries in explorations of why it is that we are compelled to make, discover and progress, rather than to simply exist. Often working collaboratively, her experimental, research-based practice explores human evolution, past, present and future: from the origin of the species, through social and cultural evolution in the present, to genetic manipulation, the post-human and the future unknown. Recent projects and residencies have included Contemporary Connections, Edinburgh International Science Festival, 2017; Photo España, Madrid, 2016; Gravitational Wave Space Station, Shanghai, 2016; The Late Shows, BALTIC39, 2016; Lumiere Durham, 2015; Domestic II, Word of Warning, Manchester, 2015 and Microbes as Material, Abandon Normal Devices, Lancaster 2015.