Mould is Beautiful !

“Every science begins as philosophy and ends as art;
it arises in hypothesis and flows into achievement.” Will Durant

When​ ​ looking​ ​ at​ ​ the​ ​VolMeur images,​ ​ one​ ​ might​ ​ wonder​ ​ who​ ​ has​ ​ produced​ ​ such​ ​ pieces​ ​ of​ ​ art.​ ​ Does it​ ​come​ ​ from​ ​ prehistorical​ ​ cave​ ​ paintings?​ ​ Are​ ​ these​ ​ painted​ ​ by​ ​ a ​ ​ contemporary​ ​ (psychedelic) artist​ ​ ? ​ ​ Or​ ​ are​ ​ these​ ​ random​ ​ computer-generated​ ​ images​ ​ ? ​ ​ If​ ​ most​ ​ people​ ​ remain​ ​ doubtful​ ​ in​ ​ front of​ ​ these​ ​ unusual​ ​ patterns​ ​ and​ ​ colours,​ ​ experts​ ​in micro-biology​ ​will​ ​ immediately spot​ ​ the​ ​ amazing​ ​ artwork​ ​ of…​ ​ mould.

Collaboration​ ​ between​ ​ time,​ ​ nature​ ​ and​ ​ slide​ ​ copies​ ​ has​ ​ actually​ ​ taken​ ​ place​ ​ in​ ​ the​ ​ well​ ​ known European​ ​ Laboratory​ ​ for​ ​ particle​ ​ physics​ ​ called​ ​ CERN,​ ​ since​ ​ ​ the​ ​ construction​ ​ of​ ​ its​ ​ large​ ​ LEP accelerator​ ​ in​ ​ 1985​ ​ up​ ​ to​ ​ 2017.​ ​ If​ ​ CERN​ ​ is​ ​ famous​ ​ for​ ​ the​ ​​ ​ discovery​ ​ of​ ​ the​ ​ Higgs​ ​ Boson, its​ ​ quest​ ​ for​ ​ the​ ​ infinity​ ​ small​ ​ is​ ​ also​ ​ a ​ ​ source​ ​ of​ ​ inspiration​ ​ for​ ​ many​ ​ artists​ ​ – ​ ​ including​ ​ mould…

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