Invisibility does not mean that it does not exist, especially the microbial world that is usually invisible to our naked eyes. This fascinates artist Rogan Brown and becomes the subject of his creation.
Browns Cut Microbe series transforms microorganisms that are usually so small that they can only be seen with a microscope into "giant" paper sculptures. The use of the word "huge" is absolutely not misleading. Take this 112-centimeter paper sculpture of E. coli, which is 500,000 times larger than the real E. coli. After E. coli is enlarged, the originally small flagella suddenly become large tentacles or tentacles, which look like unknown alien creatures or deformed forms of jellyfish. It is difficult to imagine that they are so close to us.
Brown hopes to combine science and imagination to amplify these almost invisible but intricate mysterious worlds through paper sculptures, so that everyone can see these microorganisms that usually exist silently around us or even in our bodies. These microorganisms are so small that they cannot be detected, but their numbers are so large that they can be measured in millions. They usually swim inside and outside the human body. How do they interact with us? And what impact do they have on the human body?
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If you want to know the answer, you might as well go to the Eden Project exhibition center in the UK to find the answer. Starting from May 22, the Cut Microbe series will be exhibited at Eden Project under the name "The Invisible You", allowing everyone to explore these huge microbial communities living inside and outside the human body.
