Infinitesimal explores the gaps in scientific imaging by imagining what movement might

mean at the nanoscale and how it would be perceived if visible to our eyes. A DNA origami

is so minuscule that even with an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), researchers can only

capture a snapshot of its final stage through a process called characterization. When

introduced to the AFM microscope at Fraunhofer ENAS, the artist was intrigued to

discover that each image it produces takes approximately 20 minutes, capturing the final

stage of Origami Folding. This leaves a significant gap in our understanding of the

intermediate stages, including how origamis would move and what forms they would

take.

The work departed from three images characterized during time in the laboratory of

Funken Academy. Abstract generative animations were crafted on top of them,

transporting the viewer to the imaginary realm of such scales.

A project developed in the context of Funken Academy, organised by Klub Solitaer e.V. in

association with Frauenhofer ENAS.