Exhibited in Paris (France) from October 5 – 11, 2024 at the gallery Libre Est L‘Art
Exhibited in Osijek (Croatia) from April 4 – 11, 2024 at the gallery Waldinger
The project approximates the aesthetics of botany to the astrophotography, using similar visual methods. Image compositions in contemporary astrophotography exhibit a sophisticated use of harmony, color, and superimposition. They often evoke geometric principles of universal nature phenomena: galaxy spirals resemble botanical spirals (for instance, Karl Blossfeldt’s 1920s fern photography). “False colors” and superimpositions furthermore enhance the mystical, sublime, or even divine mood of macrocosm. By asking “Is Botany Aesthetics Extrasolar?”, the project points out to the sense of aesthetic pleasure that is central to human perception yet obliterated in the methods of the natural sciences.