Here I will place a tear.

With a polarisation microscope, one can see lysozyme protein crystals and human tear fluid in "Here I will place a tear." (2025) at up to 160x magnification. In a laboratory for Biochemistry, I researched on the crystallisation process of proteins. Lysozyme proteins are components of the innate immune system and serve as a defence against bacteria. Scientist Alexander Flemming discovered this protein in 1921 through observing their antibacterial effect in human tears, saliva and mucus. In my artistic experimentation, the crystallised lysozymes are confronted with my emotional tear fluid. Water, electrolytes, proteins (such as uncrystallised lysozymes), lipids, hormones and mucins interfere with the stability of the crystalline phase. With the tear fluid, I inject the natural environment into the (technical) artificial solution. Subjective reflections and hypotheses, played as subtitles and interludes, recontextualise the visible.