< MAKRO | MIKRO >

EXHIBITION YEAR: 2025

CONCEPT DESIGN & VISUALS: Sumeet Rohilla

SOUND COMPOSITION: Mohsen Mehrafrouz

CELLIST: Joy Stuhr

SHOWS: Mega Mikroscopy 2025, Zeiss Planetarium Berlin

Published on: April 14, 2025

The live audio-visual live < MAKRO | MIKRO > offers an exploration of scale and interconnectedness, seamlessly blending the vastness of the cosmos with the intricacies of microscopic life. The performance invites the audience into a contemplative space where time and scale collapse into pure sensation.Sonically, Makro | Mikro moves from the deep rumbles of space to the delicate granular textures of biological life. The score is immersive and tactile, composed not merely to accompany the visuals, but to breathe with them. The live cello by Joy Stuhr acts as the human anchor—bringing warmth, emotion, to an otherwise abstract digital cosmos. It’s a gesture of grounding, of intimacy amidst the infinite. This artistic journey takes the audience from the explosive birth of the universe to the vibrant activity within microscopic cells, illustrating the unity between macro and micro realms. The macrocosm becomes a mirror to the microcosm, and vice versa. The visual chapters unfold like movements in a symphony, guiding the viewer through a scale-shifting narrative: from the explosive birth of the universe to the swirling choreography of microscopic life. Each chapter transitions organically, inspired by natural morphogenesis and emergence—evoking a sense of continuity and flow rather than fragmentation.

The visuals are inspired by both scientific imagery and abstract forms, drawing from the aesthetics of cosmic microwave background radiation, particle simulations, microscopy data, and fluid dynamics. But they are not direct representations—they are reinterpretations through an artistic lens, designed to evoke rather than explain. There is a tension between the digital and the organic, between code and chaos. This friction becomes fertile ground for beauty. The generative visual systems you’ve crafted simulate natural phenomena, but they’re also metaphors for inner worlds, for consciousness, for memory.

At its core, Makro | Mikro asks: What is scale, if not a matter of perspective? It speaks to the notion of entanglement—that life, matter, time, and consciousness are all interconnected across dimensions. It echoes themes of eco-philosophy, systems thinking, and even spiritual traditions that recognize the fractal nature of reality.