Vitruvian WoMan
3D interactive installation
Soundscape: Andre
Bartetzki
Interface: Piotr Slomczewski, Andre Bartetzki
teaser: https://vimeo.com/546843341 / Stereoscopic 3D teaser: https://vimeo.com/361165161
Abstract:
Vitruvian WoMan / A Breath for Leonardo: is an interactive installation,
in which Leonardo’s famous drawing of Vetruvian
Man is transformed into a dynamic multidimensional geometry
of the fundamental molecule of life, the RNA molecule. Using his/her
breath, an interactor transforms
molecular states and moves through various paths of the poetic labyrinth
of shifting identities.
Vitruvian Woman
In the artpiece, the figure of Vitruvian Man , an anthropometric canon expressing “cosmografia del minor mondo”, is replaced by a figure of the artist as Vitruvian WoMan , expressing a new perspective in relations between a human being and the environment
RNA;
The piece
was inspired by the latest scientific research on the fundamental
molecule of life – the RNA molecule from which, according to the RNA
World hypothesis, the Big Web of Life evolved.
The RNA (ybonucelic acid) is the base of the
phylogenetic tree, showing the evolutionary relationships among various
biological species and entities.
Today RNA plays a key role in most cellular processes and the
translation of the genetic information into proteins, thus it is
considered a key tool of biotechnology and bioengineering.
Contrary to the past, when algorithms of life were only in hands of
Nature, today algorithms of life are influenced and driven by culture
towards the future life designed by technology.
Thus Vitruvian WoMan strives to propose a new quality or
orientation of mind, by stimulating imagination and reflection, brought
about through our attempt not only to follow and control in real-time
but even to anticipate the transformation of data, shaping our future.
Breath
We assume that we are living in the world of interacting data
from elementary particles, through biological structures to most complex
eigen-dynamics of our entire world, with constant interactions between
all levels. In this universe each breath, each action, each thought
matters. In the universe of interacting data, no data can be ‘lost’ nor
considered as ‘vanished’. Even Leonardo da Vinci’s data are present,
here and now, making us able to imagine him 500 years after his death
and further
Your breath contains around 25 sextillions (that’s 25 followed by 21
zeroes) air molecules, which may spread around the globe within a couple
of years. According to mathematical calculations, roughly one molecule
of Leonardo’s air will appear in your next breath.
Your body is composed of astronomical numbers of atoms, mainly oxygen,
carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen born in the cores of distant stars.
However, these atoms don’t stay long by you, being replaced in 99,999 %
by other atoms in a span of seven years. In your retina, you may have
right now an atom of Leonardo, which before was a part of a jellyfish, a
leaf or a bird.
You can strengthen them by your passionate/undaunted curiosity,
resulting in the creation of a new kind of genius of the 21 st, century.
The artwork is realised with the support of
Prof. Janusz Bujnicki’s Lab,
at the International Centre for Molecular and Cell Biology Warsaw,
The piece was presented as a solo exhibition at the 7th EUROBIOTECH
Congress in Cracow 2019,
in the fifth centenary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. The great
Renaissance master became a symbol of human creativity and
interdisciplinary knowledge, bridging artistic practice with
‘scientific’ exploration of nature. “A Breath for Leonardo” is designed
to pay homage to this great genius at the threshold of the digital age
of New Renaissance.
The piece was a part of the presentation of EpiMimesis Epizone V:
Shifting Identities awarded by the medal of Magnus Laurentius Medices,
Intenational Biennale of Contemprary Art Florence 2019
More:
https://artscience-node.com/epimimesis-florence/
