Covid-19
& collectCoronaviruses are enveloped viruses with a single-stranded RNA genome. The diameter of the virus particles is around 120 nanometers (120 billionth of a meter). In comparison, the diameter of a human hair is a thousand times larger, about 100.000 nanometers. These sizes are not inaccessible to us - companies such as Intel are mass-producing transistors for computer chips which are just 14 nanometers across. How do different cultures try to make visual sense of a threat which cannot bee seen by the naked eye?
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Neon colors at the Elementary Teachers of Toronto
Pink and shiny at the Orange County Department of Education
Orange and green at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
The iconic illustration, matte grey with red spikes by Alissa Eckert and Dan Higgins, illustrators with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Redering by the Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
An icy blue virus at RT, Russia
a feature on the spread of Covid in the New York Times, USA
Covid in a poster in India
Covid masks and outfits in South Korea
An actual electron microscope image of the virus on a cell culture. Colors have been added.
Inspirations.
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