The Dermal Abyss / Katia Vega (PE), Xin Liu (CN)
Photo showing Katia Vega (PE) and the art piece The Dermal Abyss.
It creates a direct access to the compartments in the body and reflects inner metabolic processes in the shape of a tattoo. Traditional tattoo inks are replaced with biosensors whose color changes in response to variations of glucose, pH and sodium in the interstitial fluid. It blends advances in biotechnology with traditional methods in tattoo artistry.
credit: Florian Voggeneder
The Dermal Abyss / Katia Vega (PE), Xin Liu (CN)
Photo showing Katia Vega (PE) and the art piece The Dermal Abyss.
It creates a direct access to the compartments in the body and reflects inner metabolic processes in the shape of a tattoo. Traditional tattoo inks are replaced with biosensors whose color changes in response to variations of glucose, pH and sodium in the interstitial fluid. It blends advances in biotechnology with traditional methods in tattoo artistry.
credit: Florian Voggeneder