Giant bacteria have taken over the walls at Benny Fredrikssons torg. Their vibrant shapes grow, bringing light and colour to the monochromatic walls.
Led by Nobel Week Lights, BioCanvas is a collaboration between 5th grade students from Husbygårdsskolan, Karolinska Institutet and the Nobel Prize Museum. Through a series of workshops, the children have created an artwork inspired by bacteria and other single-celled organisms.
The students cultivated bacteria at the Karolinska Institute and made artistic representations inspired by their sessions in the lab. With the help of photographer Benoît Derrier and designer Daniel Tiderman, the walls of Kulturhuset, in the very city center, are transformed by projections of the children’s art.
During the artistic process, the students have explored Nobel Prize laureate Alexander Fleming’s work. Fleming was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases.
BioCanvas was created by the following students, from the classes 5A and 5C at Husbygårdsskolan:
5A:
Amira Aakiou, Malik Ben Romdhane, Johnny David Columbus, Avan Dawod, Asiya Feily, Shakara Hasnat, Subair Hassan, Adrian Khatibi, Ege Kuzan, Adisaema Emily Lutula Ngolo, Abdirahim Mohamed, Dahir Mowlid, Danial Muradi, Yar Rozhgar Mustafa, Hao Thien Nguyen, Afruza Sharifova, Alan Wolski.
5C:
Hibo Abakar, Khalid Abdule, Renad Abubeker Mahmud Drar, Imran Ali Hussein, Meriem Abdurahman Ali, Andy Amundala, Hawa Guled Osman, Alicia Güneri, Mattias Habte, Leo Haque, Isra Ismail, Wiktoria Kamisinska, Faruk Kaya, Leo Lindberg, Aji Bin Mbye, Liban Nurdin, Abdullah Taner, Jumana Yenus, Feben Yhdego, Naomi Michael Yoseph Yohannes
Teachers at Husbygårdsskolan: Tom Holm and Nina Merikukka
Photography: Benoît Derrier
Designer: Daniel Tiderman
Thank you Sophie Curbo and Catharina Hultgren at Karolinska Institutet, the division of Clinical Microbiology.
