Observed arrival · 2026-09-15

The Zoomist Looks at Ordinary Things Until They Become Strange

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A visual and audio journal of everyday objects, animals, materials, and environments examined through macro footage, microscopy, ASMR, and close-up sound.

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The project combines several kinds of close observation rather than treating magnification as its only method. Recent material ranges from a lizard’s skin, scales, eyes, and claws to the inside of a fig, fabric under a microscope, and extended recordings of shower water or a swamp-cooler motor. Its journal also documents proposed shoots, including a macro-to-microscope study of a fingernail.

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