family Coronaviridae, 2022
Tensar TriAx® (TX) Geogrids
72" diameter
A virus is invisible to us, and it is not a living thing. Its purpose is to find a host cell, inject its RNA into the cell so that it can replicate, and then move on to the next host cell. Viruses mutate to optimize their ability to get around the host’s defenses with one goal in mind. It’s not personal.
This work strives to enlarge a single virus to make its presence very real.
Loosely based on the electron microscopy of a Covid-19 virus, this large circular hanging form has a dense center with a freeform exterior covered with pointed, sticky edges. The virus has spike proteins that help connect it to our cells and through this form I am alluding to that connection. The form is suspended so that it can move with air currents in the space
72" diameter
A virus is invisible to us, and it is not a living thing. Its purpose is to find a host cell, inject its RNA into the cell so that it can replicate, and then move on to the next host cell. Viruses mutate to optimize their ability to get around the host’s defenses with one goal in mind. It’s not personal.
This work strives to enlarge a single virus to make its presence very real.
Loosely based on the electron microscopy of a Covid-19 virus, this large circular hanging form has a dense center with a freeform exterior covered with pointed, sticky edges. The virus has spike proteins that help connect it to our cells and through this form I am alluding to that connection. The form is suspended so that it can move with air currents in the space
