Transforming the invisible: from archaeological photomicrography to digital art
What does the scientist and what the artist see in a single image? How does the artistic quest meet up with the archaeological inquiry?
More than 40 photomicrographs that were retrieved through the micromorphological method of investigation of the specialised archaeologist Stella Kyrillidou turn out to be the field of this study. Images that capture the microcosm of prehistoric sites in Macedonia, Greece, become a source of inspiration and the object of experimentation of the artist Aggeliki Kourmoulaki. Fluent forms of findings take on specific forms, and they are themselves transformed into new images, composing in parallel an unexpected narrative on the life course through time.
Artistic works and photomicrographs are co-presented as an open dialogue between art and science, bridging the gap between the "invisible" of the microcosm and the "visible" of scientific and artistic revelation.