British artist Andrew Carnie has put his work on display at GV Art, London. Carnie, who has in the past studied chemistry, zoology and psychology – as well as completing two art degrees – involves himself in scientific concepts and themes. His latest display is no exception. Dendritic or “tree-like” structures are found throughout nature – for example, in snowflakes, immune cells and neurons in the human brain. Their distinctive branches and fractal formations can be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. In nerve cells the tree-like structure increases surface area, helping to boost the computational complexity achievable by individual neurons. This image is part of Carnie’s Magic Forest, which takes the viewer on a colourful journey through a sea of developing neurons, drawing on the work of the Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cahal and neurologist Richard Wingate. [via New Scientist]

British artist Andrew Carnie has put his work on display at GV Art, London. Carnie, who has in the past studied chemistry, zoology and psychology – as well as completing two art degrees – involves himself in scientific concepts and themes. His latest display is no exception.

Dendritic or “tree-like” structures are found throughout nature – for example, in snowflakes, immune cells and neurons in the human brain. Their distinctive branches and fractal formations can be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing. In nerve cells the tree-like structure increases surface area, helping to boost the computational complexity achievable by individual neurons.

This image is part of Carnie’s Magic Forest, which takes the viewer on a colourful journey through a sea of developing neurons, drawing on the work of the Spanish anatomist Santiago Ramón y Cahal and neurologist Richard Wingate.

[via New Scientist]

  1. kassetteklub said: This is totally amazing!
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