Günes Isitan / artist-researcher in biomedia arts
HumanScapes
The HumanScapes series use a biological medium, microorganisms living in symbiosis with our own bodies, to deepen our understanding of reality through non-human agency. Fusing biomedia art and photography, this series creates an image of our bodily reality by using the biological potential of the film in contact with life itself: this way, I grow an image, rather than take a picture. As I let microorganisms from our microbiota "imprint" themselves on film and create images through their own action, I achieve a less anthropocentric point of view of our own materiality.
By presenting this revised view of the human self, I seek to engage people in the reality of the relationship we entertain with microorganisms. A relationship so deep, so intertwined, that it ultimately challenges what it really means to be human.
Image grown from a tongue Digitized bioart sublimated on brushed aluminum, 24"x24", 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from a feet (a right one, not a left one) Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 20"x20", 2013 490$, 2/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 30"x30", 2014 1 000$, 2/5
Image grown from a tear Digitized bioart sublimated on brushed aluminum, 24" diameter, 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 24" diameter, 2014 670$, 2/5
Image grown from a kiss Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 24" diameter, 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on brushed aluminum, 20"x20", 2014 490$, 1/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 20"x20", 2014 670$, 2/5
Image grown from a kiss Digitized bioart sublimated on brushed aluminum, 24"x24", 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 20"x20", 2014 490$, 2/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 30"x30", 2014 1 00$, 2/5
Image grown from a tear Digitized bioart sublimated on matte brushed aluminum, 16"x16", 2016 345$, 2/5
Image grown from a woman's belly button Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 20"x20", 2014 490$, 2/5
Image grown from a kiss Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 24" diameter, 2014 670$, 1/5