“Cellular Entities” is an ongoing project that derives from a particular vision of the natural world, where the application of bilateral symmetry to microscopic cellular elements urges the face recognition system present in the human brain to stablish correspondences with the macroscopic forms found in complex organisms.

The BioArtist inserted new genes into animal cells to drive the expression of recombinant color through fluorescent proteins. Then created an in vitro microscopic space that he explored using live-cell imaging. The resulting pictures (basal photomicrographs) were used to feed a self-made digital art network (no AI) that enabled the translation of the static forms and recombinant hues present in the images, into moving digital shapes and colors, respectively (visual BioArt). Finally, the music producer Giank Cerdas (https://www.beatport.com/artist/giank-cerdas/476946/tracks) created specific music for each piece (audiovisual BioArt).

The project is based on a psychological phenomenon known as pareidolia: the recognition of meaningful patterns such as bodies and faces in random visual information. This way the artwork is subjectivized so that it depends on the perceptual system of the viewer’s brain. This completely personalizes the interpretation of each piece since it is subjected to the genetic, cultural and ontogenic background of everyone who appreciates it. This is where a new aspect in BioArt is proposed, which not only uses biological elements in the technique, but also involves social and epigenetic aspects of the viewer in the artistic process. To avoid the introduction of biases from author’s own interpretation, the different works have been named with simple numerical designations.

This proposal is an invitation to the viewer to observe, interpret and reflect with each piece, in a modernity of constant overstimulation of the senses through screens. In this way, the contemplative system becomes the antithesis of the disposable consumption system and opens a window to abstraction and reconnection with the natural world that, for many people, is currently delegated to a secondary level due to technology. Each artwork represents a portal for different entities from the viewer’s subconscious to manifest.