Seed Magazine, international publication dedicated to the social, economic, artistic and political transformations caused and catalysed by science, has published a fascinating article on studio resident Luke Jerram’s body of work.

The article traces ongoing themes from Luke’s earlier installations like Tide or Retinal Memory Volume to current projects like Plant Orchestra, an exploration of the limits of vision and the thresholds of hearing, opening at the University of Cambridge Botanical Gardens on 21 Oct. A specific focus is the combination of science and art, a characteristic of Luke’s work. Taking inspiration from disparate areas of research like biology, acoustic science and sleep research, Seed was curious to ask Luke about his take on similarities and differences between the two. “Scientists and artists start by asking similar questions about the natural world,” he explains. “They just end up with completely different answers.”

Read article:http://seedmagazine.com/content/article/at_the_edge_of_perception/

Luke Jerram is a research fellow at the University of Southampton, where he works at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research. He has joined the studio as an artist in-residency in September 2009. His book, Art in Mind, is out now.