Over the last 5 weeks I’ve been participating in an online workshop hosted by The School of Machines, Making & Make-Believe.
Where does “deep seeing” go in the era of microscopes?
“Deep seeing” developed as a tool for understanding natural phenomena by both artists and scientists, during the Enlightenment. I started to think about lentils as natural objects: they reminded me of some of the microscopic images I’d seen of red blood cells (in the laboratory) . I started drawing them using pencil, rubbings and making scans. Soaking the lentils in flasks of water, they softened and started to sprout.
As seeds, the lentils become a kind of embryo. During the course we discussed Helen Chadwick’s works with embryos during her residency at Kings College, London.
Below image: Chadwick’s Viral Landscapes (1989) revisited in a time of Viral Pandemic (2020)
