MicroWorlds: A macro study of microbial interactions informs a bio-art series

A collaboration between an artist and a team of microbiologists aimed to capture interactions between microbial communities as a whole to better understand the biological bases of interactions that take place within them. This required building a time-lapse imaging system from off-the-shelf components and optimizing image capture at the macroscale of centimeters. Biological discoveries during the course of the research gave rise to a new series of artworks leveraging the complex interactions of line, form, and color as bacteria react to stressors in the environment. The work in progress shifts to capturing the motion of light observed in bioluminescent bacteria.