Making the Invisible Visible

[1] Sick, Andrea: Viren "bilden". Visualisierungen des Tabakmosaikvirus (TMV) und anderer infektiöser Agenten. in: Zimmermann, Anja (Ed.): Sichtbarkeit und Medium. Austausch, Verknüpfung und Differenz naturwissenschaftlicher und ästhetischer Bildstrategien. Universität Oldenburg, 2005 https://hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/oa-pub/catalog/book/209

Through the act of making the invisible visible, obscuring the clarity, and rediscovering the hidden, we've woven a narrative of the intricate relationship between visualization and our understanding of the world.

Just like the sand reveals a new pattern from the COmbination of clarity and obscurity, our pursuit of knowledge should be as dynamic and ever-evolving as the sand beneath our feet.

ACTION 3: 

Visualizing new Patterns in the sand.

Rediscovering the Hidden

Visualized models not only describe but actively engage in constituting their objects. [4]

This observation suggests that visual models are not just passive depictions but active participants in shaping our understanding. It is about rediscovery and finding new meaning and insights within the invisible.

ACTION 2: 

Obscuring the traces in the sand. 

Obscuring the Clarity

The process of visualization conceals just as much as it reveals. [3]

Visualizations can simultaneously unveil and conceal aspects of what we are exploring.

ACTION 1: 

Leaving traces in the sand. 

Making the Invisible Visible

Visualization always constitutes a constitutive invisibility. [2]

Visualizing something, especially in the realm of science, inherently means that certain aspects remain hidden. 

It's the act of focusing on specific elements while leaving others unseen. The  idea implies that every time we visualize something, we are, in a way, embracing the fact that there are inherent limits to what we can see or understand.

Introduction

Andrea Sick's research of the article