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Biophilia is a fascinating series of conceptual artworks born from the “fusion” of two creative minds working in different yet closely related fields of ingenuity and passion: conceptual artist Balázs Csizik, whose practice operates at the intersection of art, technology, neuroscience, and the built environment, and neuroscientist Dániel Barabási.
These compelling images analyze the dynamics of society through both art and science, envisioning possible futures while maintaining strong ties to the present and to both the recent and distant past.
Visionary post-Cubist fragmented architectures, a wisteria-colored skyscraper rising from Gotham City, phosphorescent doodles reminiscent of Mr. Doodle – experimental and liberating like children’s drawings – transform emergency staircases into comic-book backdrops. A monolithic building, unsettling and vibrating with endless hissing sounds.
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“Through visual tools, we trace complex processes that recur across society and cellular networks. How can a neurovascular disease be expressed through the façade of a building? How can the bustling street life of New York City be compared to a vibrant cellular network? And how do these same structural tensions appear within the calm, rural landscapes of Transylvania that connect the artists personally and culturally?”
Black-and-white postcards from a past we still carry in our minds, where the somewhat ordinary tranquility of everyday life is transfigured by incandescent webs of shifting colors. These forms loom over tiny, unaware figures, powerless before a “something” yet to come.
A tangled future. A becoming wrapped in the webs of unusual spiders. Perhaps those threads will transform into superhuman forces capable of reshaping and transporting the Earth beyond its current boundaries. Perhaps. But where?
The science of art turns into science fiction.
Dániel Barabási, Ph.D. is a FutureHouse AI-for-Science Fellow and Eric and Wendy Schmidt Fellow at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and was named to Forbes 30 Under 30 in Science in 2025. His research examines how individual cells collectively assemble into the complex constellations of neural circuits, bridging neuroscience, network science, and artificial intelligence.
Balázs Csizik is a conceptual artist represented by Ani Molnár Gallery, one of the leading contemporary art galleries in the Central and Eastern European region. He teaches Visual Communication at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. In 2026, he was awarded the Derkovits Scholarship, through which he investigates transgenerational identity and spaces of memory.
