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Urs Albrect LPRS

BASICS OF LIFE

Life has evolved over millions of years in the presence of water. Heat, condensation and lighting generated the first biological macromolecules from basic inorganic particles. The newly formed macromolecules gained the ability to self-organize and self-replicate, eventually producing cellular life-forms.

Using colored light sources, I illustrate in this collection of photographs the self organizing properties of lipids (oils) in water. This process can also involve air when mixed with water and oil, leading to globular structures on the surface of water or spheres when inside water. Moving water elongates the circular oil structures, which will quickly return to a circular shape upon cessation of water movement. This basic physical arrangement of oil into droplets is the base for the formation of cell membranes, which is essential for the development of life.

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Aphrodite

Zeus

Orpheus

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