Beneath the surface of our daily lives and invisible to the naked eye exists a world of molecules, and, even smaller than molecules, all those tiny particles that make up molecules. It is the world of nanotechnology. The prefix 'nano' is used to indicate one thoUSAnd-millionth of something. Nanotechnology is based on the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules to build structures based on complex atomic specifications. Smaller than small, it is an essential part of our existence. With modern technology more and more can be seen of that huge 'invisible' universe we try to understand and bring under our control. In 'Nano-cadabra' a connection is made and investigated between this branch of science and the miraculous. The images are presented as though time and again a new page is being turned over from the book 'The Wonderful World of Nanotechnology'. We see images of exquisite colour and form alternating with a gorgeous purple/blue/black dividing page. Most evoke no associations at all of forms from our known, visible world. There are forty abstractions made by hand linking up that incredible world we know exists, but is beyond our scope. But occasionally you do seem to recognize something in an image: wasn't that a little ball being shot into a desert? And we are enchanted, for what are the other images then? They appear to be a part of a fairyland created by looking at reality with other eyes in an ironic play with the function and meaning of the wonderful world of science.
– Carla Hoekendijk
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Editing: David Chmura, Thanks to: Galen Joseph-Hunter, Kathleen Moles, Adam Young
Phyllis Baldino ° 1956, New Haven (USA)
Lives and works in New York (USA)
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