NANOMEDICINE ART GALLERY
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Please
visit the
Nanomedicine Art Gallery
created by Robert Freitas and hosted by the
Foresight Institute.
Robert Freitas is the curator of the gallery.
The
Gallery is the first and most complete online collection
of original and previously-published
nanomedicine-related images, artwork, graphics, and
animations ever assembled, with an emphasis on medical
nanorobotics. There are also hundreds of useful links to
images and websites related to nanomedicine,
nanotechnology, medical visualization and simulation,
and microbiology. |
"At the
Nanomedicine Art Gallery you will
find a small but growing collection of visual artwork that
describes many different views of how
medical nanorobots and other
nanomedical
devices and systems might appear. Some of these works have
been borrowed with permission from already-published print-media
or electronic-media works. Other contributions are original
graphics created by the named individual artists especially for
this Gallery exhibition, for your additional enjoyment. The
images in the Nanomedicine Art Gallery are organized into three
nonexclusive conceptual groupings — Nanorobot Species, Medical
Challenges, and Individual Artists — for easy browsing.
Artwork in this Gallery should be
appreciated as expressions of each artist's unique creative
impulses and insights. Some works may be highly interpretive or
impressionistic, while others may attempt to achieve
photographic realism or the precise rendering of a technical
engineering illustration. Some images are in the nature of rough
drafts or quick sketches; others are more elaborate finished
pieces. All styles are welcome here. And all images are
presented with the understanding that they are "artist's
conceptions" which may or may not entirely reflect the technical
nanodevice designer's original intent — or the ultimate
engineering reality.
As you explore the Nanomedicine
Art Gallery, please keep in mind that all works on this site are
copyrighted. Permission to use these works for any purpose other
than viewing on this site must be obtained from the person or
organization listed as the copyright holder. Gallery maintenance
takes considerable effort, so we request that the notation
"courtesy Nanomedicine Art Gallery" accompany each image used
from the Gallery. Visitors are also strongly encouraged to visit
the excellent websites of the print publications and individual
artists that are represented here."
(courtesy of Nanomedicine Art Gallery)
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NANOMANDALA:
The purposeful arrangement of individual
atoms bears some resemblance to the methods monks use to laboriously
create sand images particle by particle, however, Eastern and Western
cultures use these bottom-up building practices with very different
perceptions and purposes. This installation incorporates a mandala (a
cosmic diagram and ritualistic symbol of the universe, used in Hinduism
and Buddhism, which can be translated from Sanskrit as "whole", "circle"
or "zero") in conjunction with LACMA East's "Circle
of Bliss" exhibition on Nepalese and Tibetan Buddhist Art. Visitors
watch as images of a grain of sand are projected in evolving scale from
the molecular structure of a single grain to the recognizable image of a
pile of sand. On the atomic scale the sand particles are like atoms, but
a thousand of times smaller. From a bottom-up method of visual image
building, a sand mandala slowly emerges.
SOUND:
In the
mandala space, a meditative soundscape compliments the video projection
of sand grains at multiplying scales. The soundtrack component is
derived from sounds recorded during the creative process of making the
mandala.
Visit
the NANOMANDALA SITE
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