
https://www.michael-whittle.com
“Michael Whittle is an artist and researcher specializing in Diagrammatology, the study of diagrams. His journey began with a qualification and training in biochemistry, before venturing into fine art for his BA, MA, and eventually PhD. Whittle’s artistic practice now incorporates images, ideas, and data from science, as well as dialogues with scientists about their research interests and motivations.
Recent projects include ‘Butterfly on the Sun’, a large-scale installation for the 2022 Changwon Sculpture Biennale developed in consultation with astrophysicist David Hathaway of NASA’s Ames Research Center. The 2020 project ‘Perpetual Motion’ explored the biology of movement and memory, created in consultation with Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientists May-Britt and Edvard Moser from the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience in Norway.” [Source: Michael Whittle / Biography.]