This is a video artwork that focuses on Aspergillus niger as a model organism that produces melanin pigment in a biosynthetic process similar to that of humans. The growth and morphology of this commonplace organism are displayed through video, photo, animation, and time-lapse footage, inviting the viewer to examine the likenesses and overlaps between humans and fungi.
How can we feel empathy for organisms that are very different from us? How can we come close to understanding their responses, cues, and internal states? Colors of Life I explores color as a shared language between distant relations on the tree of life.
In collaboration with Vera Meyer (V. meer) for https://tinybe.org/
Wie können wir Empathie für Organismen empfinden, die sich von uns sehr unterscheiden? Wie können wir uns dem Verständnis ihrer Reaktionen, Signale und inneren Zustände annähern? Farben des Lebens I erforscht Farbe als gemeinsame Sprache zwischen entfernten Verwandten im Baum des Lebens.