Movement 1: Nanomorphology
We can see, touch, and photograph carbon structures like diamonds, graphite or coal. But how do we investigate carbon at the nanoscale, which is imperceptible to the human eye and cameras alike? Using data from an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), filmmaker and artist Andrea Rassell offered us a glimpse into graphene, a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in hexagons. This multi-layered sound experience invited visitors to hear, see, and feel carbon at the nanoscale.
Medium: Video
Year: 2018
Team
Andrea Rassell
Filmmaker
Andrea Rassell is a filmmaker, media artist and interdisciplinary researcher in science art. Working in nanoart — artforms that engage with nanoscience and nanotechnology — she creates experimental films and moving image installations that explore technological mediation and the multisensory perception of the sub-molecular realm.
Her work has been shown at the New York Imagine Science Festival, Oaxaca FilmFest, the New Zealand International Film Festival, White Night and Sónar+D. Rassell was the 2019 recipient of the Australian Network for Art and Technology's Synapse residency, where she developed moving image works that explore the social and cultural implications of diagnostic systems in collaboration with the Ian Potter NanoBioSensing Facility. In 2020, Rassell was an artist-in-residence with Tecnológico de Monterrey and a member of the ANAT Ideate programme.
