Aksiniуa Peycheva
40x40x10 cm, chrome agar, epoxy resin, drawing on plexiglass
The project is a `cross section` of a moment in the airspace. The box, pre-filled with nutrient agar for microbiology, contains microorganisms present in the air. Once left open for minutes, it is afterwards sealed and the microorganisms begin to grow. In a few days, they form an abstract image that contains visual information reflecting life in the air at that particular time.
According to a study published in 2009 , the organization of the constellations in the starry night sky can be explained by various methods of computer geometry, following certain rules for connect a random group of points. Using the logic of the study, Delaunay's triangulation is used to turn colonies of bacteria that have grown in the nutrient medium into a starry map composed of different groups of constellations. In this way, the project tries to look for hidden information, to dissect a moment in space.
The perceptual organization of point constellations Dry, Navarro, Preiss, & Lee, 2009, available at researchgate.net
According to a study published in 2009 , the organization of the constellations in the starry night sky can be explained by various methods of computer geometry, following certain rules for connect a random group of points. Using the logic of the study, Delaunay's triangulation is used to turn colonies of bacteria that have grown in the nutrient medium into a starry map composed of different groups of constellations. In this way, the project tries to look for hidden information, to dissect a moment in space.
The perceptual organization of point constellations Dry, Navarro, Preiss, & Lee, 2009, available at researchgate.net
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Aksiniуa Peycheva (born in 1990 in Kyustendil, Bulgaria) lives and works in Sofia. She holds a PhD from the National Academy of Arts in Sofia. In 2017 she completed the educational program for young artists "Close Encounters - Visual Dialogues / School4artists" of ICA-Sofia. He has a master's degree in Mural Painting, National Academy of Arts (2015); and Bachelor's degree in Mural Painting, National Academy of Arts (2013).
The focus of her work is the process of ‘visual translation’ where she explores the possible ways of moving pieces of information between different fields of knowledge – ‘how one or several scientific fields can be combined in order to answer a question only important to art.’ She often collaborates with scientists, and her projects are also accompanied by a theoretical part, the result of a long study on certain topics, which include the topic of the visual translation of music or pain.
Website: aksiniyapeycheva.com
The focus of her work is the process of ‘visual translation’ where she explores the possible ways of moving pieces of information between different fields of knowledge – ‘how one or several scientific fields can be combined in order to answer a question only important to art.’ She often collaborates with scientists, and her projects are also accompanied by a theoretical part, the result of a long study on certain topics, which include the topic of the visual translation of music or pain.
Website: aksiniyapeycheva.com