magical contamination: mould as art by antoine bridier-nahmias

magical contamination: mould as art by antoine bridier-nahmias 

mould and other related fungi are not exactly the first things that come to mind when envisioning an artistic medium, but antoine bridier-nahmias has done just that. his ‘magical contamination‘ series, explores the impressive diversity of textural and color qualities that mould exhibits, resulting in what some might consider more of a science experiment than creative endeavour. antoine paints bacteria into petri dishes, shaping an array of patterns and visual forms which he photographically documents on his tumblr page.

the artist paints bacteria onto petri dishes to create each art work

‘magical contamination’ is a documentation of the phenomenon of mould and its varied characteristics

the body of work depicts the characteristic diversity of moulds

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