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GMU:Introduction to Microscopy

2025-04-19T11:37:59Z

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[[File:microscopy.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

''Lecturer:'' [[Julian Chollet]] 
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 
''Date:'' Monday (15:15 – 16:45) + individual trainings 
''Venue:'' Monday-meeting online / trainings in [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

==Students==
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Mon_Sisu_Satrawaha|Mon Sisu Satrawaha]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Anna_Strietzel|Anna Strietzel]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|FzAyguler]]
*[[GMU:Flagelates,_Nematodes,_and_I/Brogen_Berwick|Brogen Berwick]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Eirini_Kokkinidou|Eirini Kokkinidou]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Denise_Nicoau|Denise Nicolau]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Sarah_Spitzer|Sarah Spitzer]]

==Submitted works==

Denise - Echoes 
http://denisenicolau.it/index.html
 

Anna - Spores 
https://cloud.uni-weimar.de/s/46XRnyKLwBsG9cf?path=%2FAnna%20Strietzel
 

Sisu - Dusting dusting 
https://cloud.uni-weimar.de/s/46XRnyKLwBsG9cf?path=%2FMon%20Sisu%20Satrawaha
 

 

==Introduction videos==
Great introduction to light microscopy (not only) for kids: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVcEEw6qbBQ

==Glossary==
by Denise Nicolau
* magnification: making images appear larger
* resolution: ability to distinguish between two objects
* slide: flat rectangles of thin glass which hold the sample under the microscope
* sample: something you collect to examine
* specimen: the sample on the slide when you look at it through the microscope
* cover slip/cover glass: a smaller and thinner sheet of glass that is placed over the specimen
* light microscope: it uses light in order to see an image
* electron microscope: it uses electron beams to see images (you can see a virus)
* compound microscope: it has two sets of lenses (eyepiece lenses - objective lenses)
* objective lenses: a set of lenses with different magnifications (e.g., 4x, 10x, 40x - 4 times: lowest magnification, 40 times: highest magnification)
* total magnification: is given from the multiplication between eyepiece lens magnification and objective lens magnification (e.g., 10x ocular and 4x objective > 40x total magnification).
* coarse focus and fine focus: two knobs which raise or lower the stage which helps with focusing.
* stage knobs: the move from side to side which helps exploring/scanning the specimen.
* mounting: securing the sample on the slide
* dry mount: a simple kind of mounting where the object is merely placed on the slide (this mounting can be successfully used for viewing specimens like pollen, feathers, hairs, etc.)
* wet mount: the specimen is placed in a drop of water or other liquid held between the slide and the cover slip. (this method is commonly used to view microscopic organisms that grow in pond water or other liquid media).
* disposable pipette
* stage clips: clips which secure the slide
* lens paper: the only paper you can use to wipe lenses
* staining: a technique used to enhance contrast in samples
* immersion oil: able to increase resolution (applicable if you have a 100x objective lens)
* fixation: it refers to the process of attaching cells to a slide; it is often achieved either by heating or chemically treating the specimen. It kills microorganisms in the specimen, stopping their movement and metabolism while preserving the integrity of their cellular components for observation
* simple staining: a single dye is used to emphasize particular structures in the specimen
* differential staining: more dyes are used to emphasize particular structures in the specimen

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems that
are colonized by various creatures - most of which we can only see and interact with by
virtue of microscopy or cultivation techniques.

This course aims to introduce you to the methodologies, project planning and experimental strategies in the natural sciences – mainly through the use of microscopy techniques. In line with the concept of a hybrid semester, the theoretical input will be communicated through online lectures while the practical skills will be acquired in individualized block-modules. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to use different kinds of microscopes and start your own little research project. Beyond the microscopy itself, educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation and scientific writing.

The course will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants. Attendance during the online-seminars and hands-on module, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required. The course can be combined with the module “Flagelates, Nematodes, and I” by Mindaugas Gapševičius.

[[Category:WS18]]
[[Category:Werkmodul]]
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[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Basic concepts==
===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism 
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form".
Organisms are classified by taxonomy into specified groups such as the multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as a protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth and development, maintenance, and some degree of response to stimuli.

====Prokaryote====
Prokaryotes are represented by two separate domains—bacteria and archaea.
A unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, or any other membrane-bound organelle.

====Eukaryote====
Eukaryotic organisms are characterized by the presence of a membrane-bound cell nucleus and contain additional membrane-bound compartments called organelles (such as mitochondria in animals and plants and plastids in plants and algae, all generally considered to be derived from endosymbiotic bacteria). Fungi, animals and plants are examples of kingdoms of organisms within the eukaryotes.

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

They live in almost every habitat from the poles to the equator, deserts, geysers, rocks and the deep sea. Some are adapted to extremes such as very hot or very cold conditions, others to high pressure or [...] high radiation environments. Microorganisms also make up the microbiota found in and on all multicellular organisms.

Microbes are important in human culture and health in many ways, serving to ferment foods, treat sewage, produce fuel, enzymes and other bioactive compounds. They are essential tools in biology as model organisms and have been put to use in biological warfare and bioterrorism. They are a vital component of fertile soils. In the human body microorganisms make up the human microbiota including the essential gut flora. They are the pathogens responsible for many infectious diseases and as such are the target of hygiene measures.

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

==Suggested resources regarding the proposed projects/topics==

===Cytoplasmic streaming===

==PDFs==
[[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]

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GMU:Introduction to Microscopy

2025-04-19T11:35:53Z

A Ranft: /* Students */

[[:Category:Werkmodul|Werkmodul]] [[:Category:Fachmodul|Fachmodul]]

[[File:microscopy.jpg|400px|thumb|left]]

''Lecturer:'' [[Julian Chollet]] 
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 
''Date:'' Monday (15:15 – 16:45) + individual trainings 
''Venue:'' Monday-meeting online / trainings in [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]] (Room 202) 

 

==Students==
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Mon_Sisu_Satrawaha|Mon Sisu Satrawaha]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Anna_Strietzel|Anna Strietzel]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Funda_Zeynep_Ayguler|FzAyguler]]
*[[GMU:Flagelates,_Nematodes,_and_I/Brogen_Berwick|Brogen Berwick]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Eirini_Kokkinidou|Eirini Kokkinidou]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Denise_Nicoau|Denise Nicolau]]
*[[GMU:Introduction_to_Microscopy/Sarah_Spitzer|Sarah Spitzer]]

==Submitted works==

Denise - Echoes 
http://denisenicolau.it/index.html
 

Sascha - Looks 
[[:File:Looks_Sascha_Mirtschin_Microscopy_1st_Semester_Julien_Chollet.pdf]]
 

Anna - Spores 
https://cloud.uni-weimar.de/s/46XRnyKLwBsG9cf?path=%2FAnna%20Strietzel
 

Sisu - Dusting dusting 
https://cloud.uni-weimar.de/s/46XRnyKLwBsG9cf?path=%2FMon%20Sisu%20Satrawaha
 

 

==Introduction videos==
Great introduction to light microscopy (not only) for kids: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVcEEw6qbBQ

==Glossary==
by Denise Nicolau
* magnification: making images appear larger
* resolution: ability to distinguish between two objects
* slide: flat rectangles of thin glass which hold the sample under the microscope
* sample: something you collect to examine
* specimen: the sample on the slide when you look at it through the microscope
* cover slip/cover glass: a smaller and thinner sheet of glass that is placed over the specimen
* light microscope: it uses light in order to see an image
* electron microscope: it uses electron beams to see images (you can see a virus)
* compound microscope: it has two sets of lenses (eyepiece lenses - objective lenses)
* objective lenses: a set of lenses with different magnifications (e.g., 4x, 10x, 40x - 4 times: lowest magnification, 40 times: highest magnification)
* total magnification: is given from the multiplication between eyepiece lens magnification and objective lens magnification (e.g., 10x ocular and 4x objective > 40x total magnification).
* coarse focus and fine focus: two knobs which raise or lower the stage which helps with focusing.
* stage knobs: the move from side to side which helps exploring/scanning the specimen.
* mounting: securing the sample on the slide
* dry mount: a simple kind of mounting where the object is merely placed on the slide (this mounting can be successfully used for viewing specimens like pollen, feathers, hairs, etc.)
* wet mount: the specimen is placed in a drop of water or other liquid held between the slide and the cover slip. (this method is commonly used to view microscopic organisms that grow in pond water or other liquid media).
* disposable pipette
* stage clips: clips which secure the slide
* lens paper: the only paper you can use to wipe lenses
* staining: a technique used to enhance contrast in samples
* immersion oil: able to increase resolution (applicable if you have a 100x objective lens)
* fixation: it refers to the process of attaching cells to a slide; it is often achieved either by heating or chemically treating the specimen. It kills microorganisms in the specimen, stopping their movement and metabolism while preserving the integrity of their cellular components for observation
* simple staining: a single dye is used to emphasize particular structures in the specimen
* differential staining: more dyes are used to emphasize particular structures in the specimen

==Syllabus==
Our air, soil and water as well as all plants and animals contain complex ecosystems that
are colonized by various creatures - most of which we can only see and interact with by
virtue of microscopy or cultivation techniques.

This course aims to introduce you to the methodologies, project planning and experimental strategies in the natural sciences – mainly through the use of microscopy techniques. In line with the concept of a hybrid semester, the theoretical input will be communicated through online lectures while the practical skills will be acquired in individualized block-modules. While working in the DIY BioLab (Chair of Media Environments) you will learn how to use different kinds of microscopes and start your own little research project. Beyond the microscopy itself, educational objectives include literature research, experiment design, result documentation and scientific writing.

The course will be structured in a flexible way, tailored to the needs of the participants. Attendance during the online-seminars and hands-on module, as well as the delivery of detailed project documentation (paper, artwork, etc.) until the end of the semester is required. The course can be combined with the module “Flagelates, Nematodes, and I” by Mindaugas Gapševičius.

[[Category:WS18]]
[[Category:Werkmodul]]
[[Category:Fachmodul]]
[[Category:Julian Chollet]]

==Basic concepts==
===Life===
"There are over a 100 definitions for 'life' and all are wrong" 
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170101-there-are-over-100-definitions-for-life-and-all-are-wrong

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life#Definitions 
Since there is no unequivocal definition of life, most current definitions in biology are descriptive. Life is considered a characteristic of something that preserves, furthers or reinforces its existence in the given environment. This characteristic exhibits all or most of the following traits:
Homeostasis
Organization
Metabolism
Growth
Adaptation
Response to stimuli
Reproduction

===Organism===
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organism 
In biology, an organism (from Greek: ὀργανισμός, organismos) is any individual entity that exhibits the properties of life. It is a synonym for "life form".
Organisms are classified by taxonomy into specified groups such as the multicellular animals, plants, and fungi; or unicellular microorganisms such as a protists, bacteria, and archaea. All types of organisms are capable of reproduction, growth and development, maintenance, and some degree of response to stimuli.

====Prokaryote====
Prokaryotes are represented by two separate domains—bacteria and archaea.
A unicellular organism that lacks a membrane-bound nucleus, mitochondria, or any other membrane-bound organelle.

====Eukaryote====
Eukaryotic organisms are characterized by the presence of a membrane-bound cell nucleus and contain additional membrane-bound compartments called organelles (such as mitochondria in animals and plants and plastids in plants and algae, all generally considered to be derived from endosymbiotic bacteria). Fungi, animals and plants are examples of kingdoms of organisms within the eukaryotes.

===Microorganism===
Living beings that are too small to be seen with the (human) eye.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microorganism 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_microbes

They live in almost every habitat from the poles to the equator, deserts, geysers, rocks and the deep sea. Some are adapted to extremes such as very hot or very cold conditions, others to high pressure or [...] high radiation environments. Microorganisms also make up the microbiota found in and on all multicellular organisms.

Microbes are important in human culture and health in many ways, serving to ferment foods, treat sewage, produce fuel, enzymes and other bioactive compounds. They are essential tools in biology as model organisms and have been put to use in biological warfare and bioterrorism. They are a vital component of fertile soils. In the human body microorganisms make up the human microbiota including the essential gut flora. They are the pathogens responsible for many infectious diseases and as such are the target of hygiene measures.

The possible existence of unseen microbial life was suspected from ancient times, such as in Jain scriptures from 6th century BC India and the 1st century BC book On Agriculture by Marcus Terentius Varro. Microbiology, the scientific study of microorganisms, began with their observation under the microscope in the 1670s by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek.

==Suggested resources regarding the proposed projects/topics==

===Cytoplasmic streaming===

==PDFs==
[[:File:Guide_to_scientific_writing.pdf]] 

==Links==
* [[GMU:DIY BioLab|DIY BioLab]]
* [https://mikroBIOMIK.org/en mikroBIOMIK]

[[Category:WS20]][[Category:Julian Chollet]]

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2025-04-19T11:35:39Z

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GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T16:36:06Z

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<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
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=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]][[File:Bärtierchen.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

=Videos=
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

[[File:Lab Twin.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/vLAczO7XydU

[[File:Lab Movements.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/W9w_bJJdqJ0

=Pictures=
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GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T16:35:26Z

A Ranft:

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T16:34:53Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
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=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

=Videos=
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

[[File:Lab Twin.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/vLAczO7XydU

[[File:Lab Movements.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/W9w_bJJdqJ0

=Pictures=
[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]][[File:Bärtierchen.png|400px]]

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2020-12-14T16:33:18Z

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2020-12-14T15:03:17Z

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<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

=Videos=
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

[[File:Lab Twin.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/vLAczO7XydU

[[File:Lab Movements.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/W9w_bJJdqJ0

=Pictures=
[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

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2020-12-14T14:59:51Z

A Ranft: /* Videos */

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

=Videos=
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

=Pictures=
[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T14:35:29Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

==Videos==
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T14:34:49Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

'"Videos"'
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T14:34:17Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

""Videos""
[[File:Lab Worm.PNG|400px]]
https://youtu.be/7GvmM-lvuzU

[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

File:Lab Worm.PNG

2020-12-14T14:34:04Z

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GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T13:53:32Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T13:52:38Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

[[File:_DSC1808.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1814.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1815.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1817.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1820.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1821.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1822.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1825.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1826.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1827.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1829.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1832.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1833.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1834.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1835.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1836.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1839.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1840.JPG|400px]][[:File:_DSC1843.JPG|400px]]

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T13:51:46Z

A Ranft: /* LogBook */

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

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GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T12:57:06Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism_1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

File:Cubism 1.png

2020-12-14T12:56:46Z

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2020-12-14T12:47:26Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism#1.png|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

File:Cubism-1.png

2020-12-14T12:47:10Z

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2020-12-14T12:43:58Z

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<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took two pictures of a slime mold and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

[[File:_DSC1762.JPG|400px]][[File:_DSC1763.JPG|400px]]

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism#1.jpg|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

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<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
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=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took pictures two and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism#1.jpg|400px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T11:07:43Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took pictures two and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

[[File:Cubism#1.jpg|800px]]

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

File:Cubism-1.jpg

2020-12-14T11:07:24Z

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2020-12-14T11:03:35Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
----
=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took pictures two and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.

GMU:Introduction to Microscopy/Sascha Mirtschin

2020-12-14T11:02:37Z

A Ranft:

<center> <big> A Expedition Through Microscopy </big> </center>
<center> Sascha Mirtschin </center>
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=LogBook=

'''[01] 02.11.20 20:20'''

It has begun. Today i've met the whole expeditioncrew. Some have ideas, plans. A clue of what they wanne do. Others, like myself, plunging into it without knowing.And oh boy ,my english is bad. Especially when it comes to talking infront of the webcam. Looking for words often leads to the point, on which i forget what the f**k i wanted to say. But:Hold your horses!

In the morning i started to listen to podcasts about biology. A whole lot of information. Apes,fruits,fermantation,alcohol,human,disease. My head, the shaken snow globe. I have to remind myself. Its not a race. Strolling allowed, curiosity desired. The most smartest thing to do probably is to start with the basics. Whats the history of microscopy. Examples and applications.

What to do with all that? As much or as good as possible?

Big Biology Podcast : https://open.spotify.com/show/6uYED5YUqfN30QjYwlRucx

'''[02] 03.11.20 12:12'''

There is no good documentation about the history of microscopy to be found on youtube. Like a madman i've collected facts and figures. Noted names to forget them immediately. I was still amazed. So early and so brilliant the people played around with optics. And i am damn sure. A simple waterdrop triggered the wave. A lot of the developments happened simultaneously. The Microscope versus the telescope, which was the most favorable and demanded one. Due to the desire of ruling the battlegrounds. Humans.Ever striving for expansion. It was not uncommon that explorers had to face antipathy or worse. Galilei was sent to prison for defending the heliocentric worldview. Some things never change.

Curiosity. The cognitive microscope.

It is good that the implementation of our research is entirely up to us. A open frame. I was thinking about
sculptures made out of soapstone. A cubistic painting of a microscope. Photo series. I am getting restless.

[[File:WIN_20201112_12_24_14_Pro.jpg|400px]]

https://bit.ly/32FGFvk : History of glasses
https://bit.ly/36qTL0o : History of the microscope

'''[03] 04.11.20 19:23'''

I've went to the labratory today. The hallways seem abandoned and dreary. Like the opening scene of some horror movie. It echoes through the corridors and stairwells. Somehow beautiful. Corona. It turns us to strangers and increases the desire to approach the person opposite. To converge. Like penguins. There are notes on the walls and the cabinets. Figures and measurements. Pictures of tinkering scientists in white gowns come to my mind. The first look through the microscope evokes the expected sounds. With the right music as a soundtrack one can spend hours and hours in this landscapes. I was looking at a dried, mouldy specimen of a "physarum polycepharums". The Blob itself. If Julian hasn't told me, i would've been sure it had to be that way, and that it were a special species. My favorite one, a "lichen" (
a mixture of algae and mushrooms) was under the compounds. Glued to a piece of wood. Just beautiful.
Julian gave me some tips how to wear and preperate my mask to prevent the ocular from misting. Then i left and went to get my key. I wonder how i will look at the world after i spent some qualitiy time in the lab. Head over heels floating in the microcosm.

'''[04] 05.11.20 20:13'''

I have troubles finding an idea. Something to work on. I am looking for coherences and points of contact. Something that addresses and encourages me. Philosophy and biology. Roaming the world wide web i stumbled upon Josef M. Gaßner. So much joy and passion for the unknown is contagious. His knowledge inspiring. I guess it need some more research.

Urknall, Weltall und das Leben: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClDnGiwSyTyu7gxO8X5U18g

'''[05] 06.11.20 15:56'''

It took some willpower to go outside, the camera in the luggage. As if the defeat was lurking in the grove.
Hesitant in the beginning, close to be embarrassed i've started to take the first pictures. Step by step, thought after thought the lights in the upper roam got ignited. I've been hooked. Motion in space, in time. Without moving. The body almost rigid. Like going by train. Dormant change.

'''[06] 09.11.20'''

Its hard not to lose faith, if the first thoughts put in practice are not turning out like you've imagined. When they dismantle the whole picture bit by bit. On the other hand. Its good to realize that one can adapt quickly. Yet i have some solutions or at least basic approaches how to solve things. I am glad about what is functioning and the developments i am stumbling upon. Who should start with the details?. Microscopy. A slowly unfolding map.

'''[07] 10.11.20'''

The first series is finished. A few more photomontage and i will change to the drawings. Working in front a screen gives me headaches. And somehow one can get the feeling he has done nothing at all. The series is called "The Bigger Picture". Some kind of an cubistic artefact. A graphic error in the landscape. The attempt to show the concurrency of an object from different views and at different times. Whereby time has a minor part. David Hockney says hello. More or less.

Cubism David Hockney : https://dangerousminds.net/comments/david_hockneys_cubist_photography

[[File:The Bigger Picture 1.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 2.jpg|400px]]
[[File:The Bigger Picture 3.jpg|400px]]

'''[08] 11.11.20'''

I've began a new series and call it "3000X 9000X 22000X". After the zoom steps in the software. I could imagine that this pictures would look great in oil on canvas. But who has the time for things like this?

[[File:1 Wood.png|400px]] [[File:2 Seastar.png|400px]] [[File:3 Jürgen3_2.png|400px]] [[File:Flowercube.png|400px]]

'''[09]'''

Proportion. That could be a topic to talk about. What's all the seeing and guessing worth, if there is no reference. Without a scale that makes the understanding tangible. Another goal of art i guess. I am thinking of tiny toy characters. Standing, crouching , waiting. In cracks in the wall, in the undergrowth.

'''[10]'''

It felt good to receive positive feedback. One can not be sure, if the work thats been done is perceived as "just playing around" or the serious and passionate attempt to express the perceptions and sensations he had. I've been allowed to follow my workflow after the sighting of my wikipage.
We listened to the projects of the other colleguages. Very promising and inspiring. I am looking forward to a collective exhibition.
Yesterday I started and finished a little project. Finished in a sense, that it is an expandable process in finding words. The "Microscopy of Words" or "Layers of Conditions" is an attempt of getting more and more subtle. Like looking through a lense and setting the stages of the magnification. In times of the great topic "awareness" it represents a small observation. Something to which one could meditate. Zooming into a state of mind to open up in it. Maybe to become one with it. Affirmations. Of the eight conditions I like the "Touch, Perceive, Thrill" the most. Cause it is good doing the thinking. But in the end, the act, the body experience is connecting us to nature. I would add a new triptych. "Witness, experience, live" Pathetic. How should it be different.

[[:File:Conditions.jpg|400px]]

The project “Picture to Sound” started as well. After i found to programs to convert pictures i began to play around, uploaded different kinds of photos to see how they will sound. First it was kind of fun. In particular the “randomize” button of sonic photo does its job in creating weird sounds. The limitations of the free version are still obstructive. Especially the time limitation. I found some tunes i liked and uploaded them in the sampler of Ableton to be able to play them on the keyboard. I guess this is the most interesting part of these kinds of program. Creating special instruments.

[[:File:AugmentedMusic.jpg|400px]]

https://www.google.com/search?q=painting+music+paul+klee&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwir_6zvqM3tAhUSWBoKHUQIDDUQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=painting+music+paul+klee&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIGCAAQCBAeOgQIABATOggIABAIEB4QE1D-PVi5TmCbT2gAcAB4AIABZogBkwaSAQM5LjGYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=30XXX-uTFZKwacSQsKgD&bih=918&biw=1920#imgrc=i62ChA-yT9ZITM&imgdii=f797v9mc4x4_gM

'''[11]'''

I've been to the lab an took some equipment. Cause i didnt know what and how and if at all, i took 5 petri-dishes, 1 pipette, a syringe and 5 slides. I remembered the idea of a photoseries. Objects used in microscopy, put next to each other.In different “Constellations”, each object receives a new and individual expressiveness, like a person acts different in various groups. Thereby it gets the possibility of a personality, evoked by its comparability. It will be in black and white. I just need some fabric for the background.

I wondered about the withered plant on the desk in the office of the labs. Corona puts all our relationsships to test.

'''[12]'''

The other courses have started. And with them a bit of stress. I've been to the lab once. A short visit to take the photos of the microscope i needed, to be able to paint the cubism-like picture. Fortunatly Julian was about to sight the lenses and connections for the cameras and tried to make the advanced photography work. I took pictures two and set a date with Anna for upcoming joint sessions.

'''[13] 04.12'''

Art is hope and cubism is pilosophy. One that brings me to a limit quickly. It aint done with smacking some shapes and colors onto a canvas. Nothing is closed and therefor dynamic. Movement inside a frame. The work is stimulating. I will continue and will try some studies with coloured pencils, before I dare to return to the brushes.

'''[14] 07.12'''

And every meeting makes me nervous. I want to get up and into the lab. But first “sampling”.
“Dig it, really on the bottom. Moist and warm. Something you wouldnt want to drink” The home of the invisible.

It's exhausting for everyone. The distance. Looking at the world through lenses, screens and windows.

'''[15] 14.12'''

Thursday i shot the first videos and took some pictures with the camera. I had company . Sisu and Denise joined me and examined their samples. A welcome change. But there was not much of movement to be found and time was running in lightning speed. The expedition has been marred only by the fact ,that the qualitiy of the camera wasn't what i've expected and that the focus of the lense hasn't matched the focus of the ocular. So shooting videos while exploring was quite difficult. Further i had to nearly squash my sample and with it the glass of the specimen to get a sharp image. All in all i have to repeat the whole procedure. Several times. Research i guess.

I've examined lichen, Ilmwater, water taken from the biowaste and different kind of soils.
I thought that i catched nothing at all. Later on by sighting the material i've realized the many tiny movements.