Photosynthesis is an elementary part of everyday life. Nevertheless, our esteem for plants and other phototrophic organisms is limited. This may be due to the fact that most of their biological procedures are not visible to the naked eye. But they can be experienced through a microscope. Hortus Luminis creates a new level of interpretation that deals with the hidden energy of plants and other organisms. The application uses the data from an analogue microscope to grow digital plants.
Biography:
Theresa Vogt is 22 years old and has been studying communication design at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg, Schweinfurt, since 2016. She currently works and lives in Würzburg. Her passion for natural sciences inspires her to find interdisciplinary visual solutions for this field in her projects.
