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The idea that you can only really see them through the display of a scanning electron microscope is interesting; it's there, but is it? The image seen by the vi
by abeppu 6y ago
The idea that you can only really see them through the display of a scanning electron microscope is interesting; it's there, but is it? The image seen by the viewer has to be constructed by the microscope; is the artwork truly the sculpture?
Also, maybe someone can tell me: does the electron microscope bombarding its subject degrade its materials or deform them in any way? Does looking at these sculptures contribute to unmaking them?
- brennanpeterson 6y agoSome yes. Often residual carbon will deposit on the surface and change it (depositing a bit of a surface layer. If you do ion beam imaging, you do etch the surface away with each image.