In "Nature?", Marta de Menezes intervenes in the development of live butterflies to create unique wing patterns never before seen in nature. By manipulating the growth process without altering the butterflies' genes or introducing artificial…
This image depicts two butterflies with genetically modified wings. Marte de Menezes’ Nature? alters butterfly wing patterns for artistic effect while maintaining genetic integrity
A National Geographic Map of bird migration altered by Paola de la Calle with poetic black handwritten text in Spanish. The work draws connections between the natural migratory paths of birds and the emotional realities of human migration.
Nate Venarske is a student at Mississippi State University majoring in Biological Engineering and minoring in Creative Writing. He is an artist and naturalist who enjoys photographing, drawing, and writing about nature as much as studying it. On the…