is a visual and sonic installation that amplifies aspects of experience at a nano level.
is analogous to the fabled Midas, King of Phrygia to whom Dionysus gave the power of turning all that he touched into gold.
) in contact and force spectroscopy mode, scanning a skin cell with both a gold-coated and uncoated cantilever tip. The specific comparative recorded data for each event is translated into an image and sound installation.
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION: Midas (10:49), AU, in English, color, stereo, DVD, 2008
PHOTO CREDITS: Paul Thomas, Midas, 2007, photo courtesy the artist. © 2007 Paul Thomas
