For the ENLIGHT-TEN+ project, Alex created an animated contemplative video work of a “body-building” in the midst of dealing with an infection that has engaged the immune system of the body.
These microscopic processes are presented through layers of symbolism and metaphor at a human scale, inviting the viewer to experience the interplay of these systems and provide an opportunity for an intuitive grasp of the complexity that bioinformatics is being challenged to address.
Over the course of this residency, I have been very taken with the beautiful and violent complexity of the immune system and this has become central to the theme of the artwork that I am working towards. I am using the visual metaphor of a towering complex building representing the human body, which is a theme I have touched on in previous works, including my video sculpture for the Francis Crick Institute.
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