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Artist Ms Danica Chappell has worked with La Trobe University scientist Dr Donna Whelan, to create a photographic collage that envelops the La Trobe Art Institute (LAI), with some components captured by one of the most powerful fluorescence microscopes in the country.
Far From the Eye: Darkfield is commissioned for PHOTO 2021 – a major international festival of photography across Melbourne and regional Victoria in its inaugural year.
Ms Chappell said the façade highlights the history of a process that is vital to both her and Donna’s work – photography.
“Photography at its fundamental roots spans both art and science. Whether a scientist is reading a photographic image for a factual analysis, or an art-lover is seeing narrative, shape, texture or tone, how the image is formed holds inherent value and intrigue,” Ms Chappell said.