Günes Isitan / artist-researcher in biomedia arts
MicroScapes
The MicroScapes series is a fusing of biomedia art and photography. Through these artworks, I create an image of reality by using the biological potential of the film in contact with life itself: that way, I "grow" an image on my negative instead of "taking" a picture. By interlacing this way my creative process with the tools and techniques of the scientific laboratory, I achieve a unique trace of reality: that of the microorganisms that impregnate our world, humans included.
The resulting artworks bring forth a reality that only exist at the outermost limit of our senses… Indeed, microorganisms, by their presence in and on everything, profoundly shape our macroscopic reality in ways still misunderstood. Thus, with this series, I wish to raise awareness on the significant otherness of all of our non-human companions, without which the world as we know it could not exist...
Image grown from a cat's nose Digitized bioart sublimated on brushed aluminum, 24"x24", 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from garden soil Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 24" circular, 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from veal brain Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 24"x24", 2014 670$, 1/5
Image grown from a green algae Digitized bioart sublimated on white aluminum, 21.5"x32.25", 2012 830$, 1/5
Image grown from a black algae Digitized biological art sublimated on white aluminum, 16"x20", 2012 410$, 1/5
Image grown from bocconcini cheese Digitized biological art sublimated on white aluminum, 16"x24" oval, 2014 480$, 1/5
Image grown from Parmesan cheese Digitized biological art sublimated on brushed aluminum, 16"x16", 2012 345$, 3/5
Image grown from the air in Montreal Digitized biological art sublimated on brushed aluminum, 21.5"x28", 2012 730$, 1/5
Image grown from couscous Digitized biological art sublimated on white aluminum, 14.5"x16", 2012 310$, 1/5
Image grown from a black algae Digitized biological art sublimated on brushed aluminum, 16"x16", 2013 345$, 1/5
Image grown from a sandwhich Digitized biological art sublimated on white aluminum, 16"x16", 2013 345$, 1/5
Image grown from an algae Digitized biological art sublimated on white aluminum, 15"x15", 2012 300$, 1/5
Image grown from a fish scale Digitized biological art sublimated on brushed aluminum, 15"x15", 2012 300$, 1/5
Image grown from a black algae Digitized biological art sublimated on white aluminum, 15"x15", 2012 300$, 1/5