Pulsing HeART
A Sci-Art Guide to your Most Dramatic Organ.
Can you feel your heartbeat right now? How does breathing, movement, or human connection change the rhythm of your heart?
When did you last feel your own heartbeat? Not metaphorically. Right now… can you feel it?
Life is a rhythm of expansion and contraction.
The heart makes this rhythm visible, and audible. Before we know anything else about the life growing inside a womb, we listen for a heartbeat. There is life.
I created Pulsing HeART as part of Way of Care as a love letter to this extraordinary organ that has been working for us, without interruption, since before we could remember.
My relationship with the heart is also personal. My grandmother died from a heart condition. My sister works as a cardiology nurse. Perhaps this is why I have always felt that the heart deserves my attention.
And I am not alone in this fascination. Across cultures and centuries, we have given the heart meanings far beyond its anatomy. We speak from the heart, follow our hearts, break hearts, wish with all our hearts. We call people braveheart. We welcome one another heartfelt.
The heart is both profoundly biological and metaphorically immense.
Pulsing HeART is an invitation to become attuned to this rhythm within us. To listen. To notice. To remember that something is constantly moving, expanding, contracting, sustaining us.
I am lucky to have my friend Dr. Eleonora Adami, passionate for arts and cardiology researcher. This year we create together this experience: from the Heart!
It is beautiful.
It is powerful.
It is alive.
A little attention to the heart can be a little act of care.
A heartfelt welcome to life.
Dr. Eleonora Adami
Dr. Eleonora Adami is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Hübner Lab at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) in Berlin, part of the Helmholtz Association.
Her training spans molecular biology and genomics, which she now applies to investigate heart failure and uncover the systems-level changes underlying complex cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Alongside her research, she explores the intersection of science and art, using illustration to make complex biological concepts more accessible and engaging. She was featured in UNESCO’s 2021 “Creative Resilience” exhibition, showcasing artwork by women scientists created during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pulsing HeART (2026)
Our Invitation
Meet us at
BERLIN SCIENCE WEEK 2026
November 7th, 2026
12:30-14:30
Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin.
Maria Katrina Stenberg Room.
Eliana Araque 