"Myself" (Hand)

pigment-based inkjetprint mounted on dibond

Bacterial cultures of various kinds exist on the surface of the human skin. By imprinting my body in an agar solution, my body's own bacteria are transferred and thus regrow my body contours after a few days. In this way, a biological image of my body is created by my body.
This scientific experimental arrangement is then photographically documented under special lighting and transferred into an image context. The grown bacterial images themselves must be carefully destroyed due to the development of toxic substances.
(Edgar Lissel)