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Here is some Art in the Time of Pandemic.

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Viruses can be deadly. And beautiful. And have inspired so many artists and scientists (a loose term to include virologists, epidemiologists, microbiologists, coders, computer scientists ...) to collaborate and create wonderful art.

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1. Glass Sculptures of pathogens by Luke Jerram

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\n\nHIV glass sculpture by Luke Jerram

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In this beautiful combination of science and art, Luke Jerram's collection titled \"Glass Microbiology\" features a series of beautiful, and accurate glass sculptures of deadly viruses.

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“The problem is that you end up with a percentage of the public believing that viruses are these brightly coloured objects. These are often portrayed in newspapers as having an air of scientific authenticity and objective truth, whereas actually that isn’t the case. Viruses are so small they have no colour. They’re smaller than the wavelength of light,”\nLuke Jerram

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Here is an article on Interalia Magazine, with links to videos on how they blow these beautiful glass sculptures.

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2.

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\n\nHepatitis C Virus on Huffpost

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I never thought I would link to a Huffington Post article - but here I am. Here is a slideshow of 13 beautiful, deadly viruses.

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3. Another kind of Virus - The human created kind

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\n\nBredo Variant Virus, Alex Dragelescu - The Bredo botnet virus sends malicious emails that includes malware attachments, that turns the machine into a zombie controlled by the botnet.

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Viruses are not just the domain of biology. Alex Dragelescu, in his work series titled 'Malwarez' turns viruses and worms into beautiful visualizations.

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This fascinating article on Wired talks about how he creates these:

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  1. Find a malware
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  2. find recurring patterns in the source code of these malwares
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  3. Feed into a visualization algorithm.
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This is my favorite kind of art - code, humans, algorithms, malignance, colors, history.

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4. Embroidery and viruses

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\n\nSARS doily, Laura Splan

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How about giving viruses an obvious place at your table?

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Laura Splan created computerized lace doilies based on virus structures.

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5. Would you like your coffee in Smallpox or do you prefer HIV?

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\n\nSmallpox mug on Thefty

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Thefty makes mugs with viral prints. These are amazing!

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The set-of-6 (with some soap) would make a great gift!

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6. Covid-19 Data plots and infographics

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If you are data-minded, here are data-plots for our current Covid-19 pandemic

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And here is a infographic datapack

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7. :lolsob: Work from home during a pandemic bingo

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And here is a \"Work from home during a pandemic bingo\" https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/working-from-home-during-a-global-pandemic-bingo

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Stay safe, keep calm, wash hands and eat chocolate.

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ASCII divider art from here

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The fonts used here are from David Jonathan Ross' Font of the Month Club

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