ALES BUCEK: CLOSELY

lecture and opening on February 15th at 5:00 p. m.

exhibition runs Feb 16th - March 16th 2017

find the exhibition at open stacks of the National Library of Technology on the 3rd floor

lecture: room PC02 on the 3rd floor NTK

All shapes, colors and life strategies, that we can or can not even imagine, are almost certain to find at any of more than a million described species of insects. Have a look at this diversity and see key moments in the life of moths, that we have been breeding, during the studies of insect pheromones, just a few meters from the National Library of Technology - at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry. Or check out the insect giants from the tropics. Or go on a safari tour through insect species, that inhabit almost every Czech garden. Or ...

Aleš Buček, Ph.D. (*1985) is a student of biochemistry at Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Ph.D. thesis being elaborated at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR, Prague. Aleš also collaborates with scientists at the Czech Agricultural University in detecting regularities in the lives of termites - key decomposers of organic material, especially in tropical areas. He found photography interesting through a desire to share the wonders of the realm of invertebrates, that lurk at every step, but usually does not shout loud enough to attract our attention. He likes to take photos also in the mountains, deserts, forests, Czech gardens, but often in a makeshift studio in the laboratory.