Using the universally binding mathematical equation for the surface area of a sphere-4 pi R2-as a leaping-off point, Solyagua has created and photographed spheres that seem to have a life of their own. Any number of universes are compellingly evoked-from the minutiae of life seen under the gaze of a microscope to the grandiosity of planets traversing the galaxies. But they are neither of these. The straightforward combination of light shone through soap bubbles-the spherical culprits whose silhouettes have been recorded-onto photographic paper creates a visual world both familiar and foreign, imaginary and real, infinitely delicate and monolithically sturdy