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Mühleck’s practice involves the use of digital technology to explore issues of memory, mind, identity and society. He engages with computer programmes which simulate the growth and division of cells. For 30 years these cellular automata have been developed for a variety of scientific disciplines to enable non-existent situations to be visualised by means of algorithmic laws. In ‘LIFE rules over historic ground’, cellular formations depicting scientific thought are overlaid or placed alongside archival photographs of the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh. Mühleck intends for these microforms to act as a metaphor highlighting the significance of scientific research and its far-reaching import for medical practice. The photographs (including a drawing of Robertson’s Close in 1854) are a tribute to the staff whose lives through the years have gone into the care of the sick in the day to day running of the hospital.
NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection
Edinburgh
Title
LIFE rules over historic ground
Date
2002–2004
Medium
printed perspex lightbox
Measurements
H 20 x W 48 cm
Accession number
1858-1867
Acquisition method
commissioned for the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, 2002–2004
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