It's that time again, with the latest edition of My City Life hitting the news stands this week. Such a pleasure writing for these guys, presenting new ideas in art and visual culture. We are living in a rapidly changing world with technology evolving at a rate never experienced before thanks to digital advances. They say it's only going to get faster until we hit the Singularity, at which point artificial intelligence will surpass that of the human. How are artists and their art adapting to this new digital world? It's no longer something of science fiction, it is happening around us as we speak, but are we ready?

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This week we have introduced an exciting new artist to our limited edition print portfolio! Aviva Reed is a Melbourne based visual ecologist who uses her interdisciplinary skills to communicate knowledge of scientific concepts through visual art. Her numerous projects to date include the Gaia Series, inspired by the scientific theory of evolution for the Windgrove property at Roaring Beach, Tasmania. We are so excited to be releasing a limited edition series of these 13 prints. The suite of work tracks the earths evolution from the Pre Cambrian era through to the Paleocene. Each piece captures in gorgeous detail the key features of each geological era. [caption id="attachment_10896" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Gaia No. 10, 2014. Print by Aviva Reed[/caption] Also new this week are some wonderful new prints by Greg MacLaughlin. Greg's signature trapezoid has been infused with collage elements and placed in new spatial environments, adding an exciting new dimension to his investigation of shape, form and endless possibility. [caption id="attachment_11065" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Ergo, We Hurt, 2014. Print by Greg MacLaughlin[/caption]  

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The role of the infinitely small is infinitely large. Louis Pasteur

The reality of our reality is like that of an iceberg - the vast majority of it is hidden from view. Yet, with the aid of modern technology we are able to peer into this mysterious microscopic world and when we do, we uncover a whole new range of visual forms, some familiar, others completely alien.

Scale Free Network (SFN) is an Australian art-science collaborative made up of two artists (Briony Barr & Jacqueline Smith) and a microbiologist (Dr. Gregory Crocetti). Their interdisciplinary workshops and interactive installations focus on observation of the micro-scale as a source of inspiration and wonder, combining drawing processes, sculpture and microscopy as tools for visualising, exploring and learning about ‘invisible’ worlds.

Science & Art will walk hand in hand next month as TWFineArt collaborates with the Scale Free Network to create limited edition Cotton Rag Prints of images from under the microscope. Since scale and perception are key interests, we will be blowing up these tiny microscopic images to human proportions. The result being pixelated, painterly compositions of color and form where you not only questions the nature of the forms themselves, but also the nature of the imagery. Is it a tree or the branches of an amoeba - a painting or a photo? Regardless - the images are stunning!

Stay tuned to www.twfineart.com for the release date of this exciting collaboration.

     

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