Twee microscoopopnamen van bederfbacteriën before 1885

Here we see "Twee microscoopopnamen van bederfbacteriën," two microscopic images of bacteria made by Gustav Hauser. The work is presented as an open book, each page offering contrasting visual and textual elements. The composition is strikingly simple: a stark juxtaposition of descriptive text on the left-hand page against two circular bacterial images on the right. The circles contain dense, grainy textures, each a colony of microorganisms visualized through a microscope. The contrast between the sterile white background and the teeming bacterial clusters draws attention to the underlying tension between visibility and invisibility, order and chaos. These visual structures invite us to consider the artwork as a cultural artifact embedded with the scientific gaze of its time. Hauser uses the visual language of science to reveal the unseen, but the grainy textures and circular frames invite a broader interpretation of the hidden structures that shape our world. This piece questions the boundary between art and science, inviting viewers to contemplate how we assign meaning through observation, interpretation, and representation.