Matthias Burba's sand photomicrographs at Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung

The Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung in Berlin presents 'Seeing the World in a Grain of Sand', an exhibition featuring photomicrographic works by Matthias Burba (b. 1954), a synesthete and former forensic scientist, alongside an interactive video by Max Seeger (b. 1994). Burba's collection of approximately 800 sand samples from around the world is transformed into vivid images using a polarizing microscope, where light and filters reveal specific colors and structures. The show positions sand as a geological archive and a carrier of ecological, cultural, and historical processes, bridging microscopic precision, subjective perception, and media translation.