The Pattern Which Connects (2013)

... has been exhibited from June 25th to July 14th at Künstlerhaus Wien, in December 2013 in Nicosia, Cyprus at the Artos Foundation, in April 2014 at the University of Technology Vienna in the "Chamber of Curiosities," and from June to August 2014 at Galerie Reinthaler within my first gallery solo show "Stitching Nature." In March 2015, it was shown at ArtAustria in the Leopold Museum @ MQ Vienna.

The title "The Pattern Which Connects" is derived from Gregory Bateson's book "Mind And Nature: A Necessary Unity." This statement elegantly addresses the connection between mind and body—a stimulus that directly interrelates science and art within this project. This work aims to build a bridge between these two worlds, demonstrating the existence of connecting patterns. It is a contemplation of the mutual inspiration found in scientific and artistic endeavors.

As a composite of tens of thousands of individual images, photomicrographs in this work are both an art form and a scientific method.

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The image and the conceptual framework for the book were planned and created at the Tokyo University of the Arts - Laboratory for Artistic Anatomy (Prof. Hideto Fuse) during my guest year.

For this project, a device was developed to enable precise movement of the recording system (camera and microscope objective with a long working distance). The three stages can move in fractions of a micrometer and are computer-controlled. The resulting image has 1.5 gigapixels and can be printed at 3x6 meters with a resolution of 300 dpi, offering rich detail, such as pollen on the scales of a butterfly wing.

The actual Diasec is 300cm x 162cm in size. Please find a downscaled version of the photo here: The Pattern Which Connects 50% (it might not work in IE but works fine in Firefox).

Some photos of the opening at Künstlerhaus can be found here, on the website of the University of Applied Arts. Unfortunately, I'm unable to use those pictures directly on my website due to copyright restrictions.