Red Saw Gallery in Newark, NJ was gracious enough to accept me into their show Lilliput. I am submitting a timelapse film. Here is the proposal I wrote and some images as part of the proposal.
Microscopic Love: The intimate fluids through a microscope

While doing research on some ideas for the Lilliput show online I came across this interesting article about seminal fluids:
The normal environment of the vagina is a hostile one for sperm cells, as it is very acidic (from the native microflora producing lactic acid), viscous, and patrolled by immune cells. The components in the seminal plasma attempt to compensate for this hostile environment. Basic amines such as putrescine, spermine, spermidine and cadaverine are responsible for the smell and flavor of semen. These alkaline bases counteract the acidic environment of the vaginal canal.
It was fascinating that nature would make reproduction such an adversarial event even on the microscopic level, and I started to imagine work revolving around this idea.
My project is in two parts; one will be photographs taken with a microscope of the fluids of sexual reproduction and of violence, such as semen, vaginal secretion, saliva, and blood. Using these substances I have written words with an extremely small brush that revolve around the theme of adversarial mating, such as Love, Lust, Fuck, etc. Some of the fluids will be manipulated by freezing, burning, or adding harsh chemicals. The images will be presented as slide transparencies and viewed using a small slide viewer.
The second phase will be an evolving piece set up in the gallery, using a microscope and a time-lapse camera attached to a laptop. In a Petri dish, I will add the three fluids of blood, semen and vaginal secretion, creating a microscopic image. I will then introduce a bacterial and / or mold substance to the piece which will slowly eat away at the fluids over the next couple of weeks. (Nothing dangerous to the public will be used). Viewers can see the current image on the laptop or choose to view the time-lapse film of what has transpired up that point.