category

Other

date

2012

client

Personal work

porcellana haeckeliana

Radiolarians are minuscule unicellular organisms that float in the ocean depths.
They create intricate exoskeletons of the most abstract and incredible shapes.
Porcellana Haeckeliana is a hommage to Ernst Haeckel, a XIX century naturalist who spent thousands of hours observing these creatures through the microscope and drew wonderful and inspiring illustrations
In the project, which was a temporary installation, more than 40 little black and white illustrations were mounted on a cardboard artificial rock set in a dark room; a strong light lit them from inside the structure to give the viewer the feeling of observing through a microscope.