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Artwork installed in the Multiscale Imaging Centre

A twelve-meter high wall installation was recently assembled in the foyer of the Multiscale Imaging Centre at the University of Münster. The work, by artist Cordula Hesselbarth, is entitled “Auf|Lösung” (Re|Solution) and embodies the research that scientists will be undertaking in the building.

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A twelve-meter-high artwork entitled “Auf|Lösung” (Re|Solution) was installed in the foyer of the Multiscale Imaging Centre in spring 2021. In this newly emerging research building at the University of Münster, scientists will investigate how cells behave in organisms – to this end, they employ and develop innovative imaging methods. The wall installation imitates the process of visually resolving the human organism into its building blocks using different sized dots as abstract symbols for cells and molecules.
A twelve-meter-high artwork entitled “Auf|Lösung” (Re|Solution) was installed in the foyer of the Multiscale Imaging Centre in spring 2021. In this newly emerging research building at the University of Münster, scientists will investigate how cells behave in organisms – to this end, they employ and develop innovative imaging methods. The wall installation imitates the process of visually resolving the human organism into its building blocks using different sized dots as abstract symbols for cells and molecules.
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  • “The perception of the installation oscillates as one moves closer to or further away from it, reflecting the desire of the impossibility to perceive the whole and its parts simultaneously,” explains artist Cordula Hesselbarth.
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  • In analogy with microscopic research, when individual cells become visible, only a section of an organism can be seen. ...
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  • ... Conversely, when whole-body imaging methods are used to represent a whole organism, individual cells cannot be distinguished. Researchers at the University of Münster are developing a specific multiscale imaging methodology to bring together the information provided by different examination methods.
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  • Eventually, abstract light animations will be projected onto the installation. Cordula Hesselbarth explains: “They symbolise how the behaviour and interactions of individual components create an emergent image of the body as a dynamic system in state of constant transformation.”
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  • Work in progress…
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  • Stencils are used to help with the onsite installation of the artwork.
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  • Individual holes were added that could not be pre-prepared by machine due to their position at the panel edges.
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  • The three-dimensional elements were then assembled …
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  • … using a cherry picker.
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  • The university received financial support from the Brillux company in Münster to implement the artwork.
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  • The research groups hope to be able to move into the new building this winter. When everything is ready, visitors will be able to view the artwork in person.
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