The methodology of the artistic creation in this project is based on a continuous investigation, collection and cataloging of biological, historical and cinematic information of the Ents from Braga.
Therefore, besides the shots normally captured on film, I also had the ambition to get images from dimensions somehow different from the daily visible spectre. Specially from Calvos’ Oak.
So, on a sunny morning I went to Calvos’ Interpretative Center at Póvoa do Lanhoso to meet Filipa Araújo, that works at the Center so we could grab some samples from leaves and branches to work with at a laboratory environment.
With Filipa Araújo at Calvos’ Oak collecting samples from it for later observation
Based at Braga, the INL - International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, with all its optical technology and knowledge, was right from the beginning an institution that I really wanted to cooperate with in this project.
Thanks to Jana Nieder, Group Leader at Ultrafast Bio and Nanophotonics Department, that introduced us to Mariana Carvalho and Oliver Schraidt, the research went through an analysis of the different parts of the oak, using different machinery and sensors, so we could have a closer look to our beloved oak.
With Research Engineer Mariana Carvalho at the confocal microscope, INL, Braga
Taking SEM imagery with Oliver Schraidt, Facility Manager at the AEMIS - Advanced Electron Microscopy Imaging and Spectroscopy, INL, Braga
