Video Stills from 3D animation and soundscape of Protein Crystallization Process, 3min42sec
Mechanism of Action is a sensory response to the microworld of protein crystals. In collaboration with ESS’ structural biologist Dr. Swati Aggarwal, the 3D animation and soundscape rescales the microscopic realm of protein crystallography to a macro- cosmos of molecular interaction. From the organizational lattice of atoms and molecules, which mark the molecular beginnings of protein crystallization, to diffractive patterns that incite the production of modern medicine, Mechanism of Action is a watery world of scientific fact enfolded in fiction and sensoriality. Body- and cosmic- materialities are reimagined through a virtual experience of anti-gravitational space and an embodiment of sound. The soundscape, produced in collaboration with software engineer Agnieszka Czeszumska, includes translations of DNA and amino acids (the building blocks of proteins). Mixed with recordings from ESS’ biology lab and interplanetary frequencies sourced from NASA, the body’s cellular machinery is repositioned through Schumann Resonances, to provide a psychic space for sensing the quantum body.
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Nanocosmic Investigations Residency Malmo Museum, Inter Arts Center, and European Spallation Source