Territories
2017. 16" x 24". Created from microscopy photographs, taken by the artist, of rhesus macaque brain slides. Printed on aluminum. 10 editions.
“The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.” - Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Where does the biological architecture of the brain end, and the phenomenological jungle of the brain begin? "Territories" is a series of brainscape maps that blur the line between the known - the map - and the unknown - the territory.
This series is in part inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short story "On Exactitude in Science" and The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq.
“The brain is a world consisting of a number of unexplored continents and great stretches of unknown territory.” - Santiago Ramon y Cajal
Where does the biological architecture of the brain end, and the phenomenological jungle of the brain begin? "Territories" is a series of brainscape maps that blur the line between the known - the map - and the unknown - the territory.
This series is in part inspired by Jorge Luis Borges' short story "On Exactitude in Science" and The Map and the Territory by Michel Houellebecq.
Territory 1
Territory 4
Territory 10
Territory 11
Video from the studio
All images © Julia Buntaine Hoel