SUBURBAN SYMBIOSIS: INSECTUM DOMESTICUS (2011-2017)
No matter how much we try to keep nature outdoors, insects will always find their way back indoors. In SUBURBAN SYMBIOSIS: INSECTUM DOMESTICUS, Daniel Kariko examines the expansion of the human habitat in the suburbs by means of enormous portraits of the housemates we often take no notice of. The presence of the insects is the natural by-product of our occupation of their natural habitat. Kariko composed his images from a number of recordings made by ascanning electron microscope and a stereoscopic microscope. With the right adjustment of lighting and by making use of small reflectors, Kariko achieves the portrait effect, inspired by seventeenth century Dutch master painters.
