The Unseen Water: Experimentation with Scientific Photomicrography and Creative Coding

Tyurina, Anastasia

doi:10.14236/ewic/eva2017.15

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“…During experiments for my project, it became evident that the structure of water impurities is visually transformed after evaporation and reveals a unique connection between evaporation and solidification. This process of revealing the nature of water (water chemistry) allowed me to play with the process like an artist [9].…”

Section: Water Represented By the Scanning Electron Microscopementioning

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Searching for New Aesthetics: Unfolding the Artistic Potential of Images Made by the Scanning Electron Microscopy

Tyurina

2020

Springer Series on Cultural Computing

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The visual arts have become a powerful tool for alternative approaches to scientific outputs, but it is crucial that both science and art cultures are aware of their interdisciplinary capabilities and limitations. It is necessary to differentiate between images captured by devices designed as resources for scientific investigation and images that exploit the 'visual elements' of scientific images. A great example of a device designed for scientific exploration is the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), which was introduced to scientific research in the mid-1960s. This chapter outlines the procedures, processes, and methodologies used in developing a body of studio work that investigates the artistic potential of scientific images made by the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) with a view to its possible social and cultural impact of this practice. It also outlines the developed theoretical findings and proposes that certain images made by the SEM can have esthetic value apart from that of scientific documentation. The use of artistic manipulations in experiments with the SEM fuses science and technology with art, and the SEM-based images that result provide a new meaning for scientific photomicrographs.

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Section: Water Represented By the Scanning Electron Microscopementioning

confidence: 99%