Where does art meets science? Or where does science meets art? 

You could make an argument for either happening with Toledo CellulART.

In its second year, the art side of this event primarily involves microscopic cellular images of a scientific nature being reimagined for visual artistic appeal.

Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata, an associate professor at the University of Toledo’s Department of Biological Sciences, explained that his department’s students produced original cellular image stills through their own research microscopy (that’s using a microscope for you wordsmiths out there). The students looked at their most worthy research images for the most visual appeal — which benefits them in publishing Dr. Garcia-Mata pointed out — but also attempted to create work they thought might have aesthetic value regardless of research merit.

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“The structure of the cell has a lot of interconnecting lattice work, and is the framework of who we are,” said Dr. Garcia-Mata, adding that alone offers many artistic pathways to explore.

With the research image work in hand, that’s where the partnership with UT’s School of Visual Arts came in. Art students were given the raw image data with no other parameters other than to produce something of artistic value from it.

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First Published September 12, 2018, 10:57 p.m.