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BioArt – Blue Door Studio Art actvity – E.Coli
Blue Door Studio developed a simple art activity inspired by artists, specifically Hunter Cole working with Bioluminescence and E.Coli organisms. This activity does not use E.Coli but uses the artists work and the ideas behind her work to explore the organisms and you can see the results here at the Bioluminescent Art Museum. Amy Chase Gulden and scientist Dr. Kristen…
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Cybernetic Bacteria 2.0
The world’s first “prokaryotic scale free network” has been initiated. The scientist, unconcerned with the ethical implications of his experiment and also unaware of the artist’s intentions, never anticipated that the fusion of the Earth’s global bacterial communications network, with that of human origin would lead to the evolution of a novel and chimeric life…
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Simon Park – Microbial Art
Microbiologist Dr. Simon Park presents four unique series of images created with fluorescent bacteria and slime molds. Microcosmos – Close-up images of bacterial colonies were used in an installation called Microcosmos, a collaboration between Simon Parks, the composer Mitlon Mermikides, BBC cameraman Steve Downer, and culturist Pattie Hendrie. The soundscape for the installation was derived directly from the colour…
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BioArt – Intro and projects
BioArt ‘is an art practice where humans work with live tissues, bacteria, living organisms, and life processes. Using scientific processes such as biotechnology (including technologies such as genetic engineering, tissue culture, and cloning) the artworks are produced in laboratories, galleries, or artists’ studios‘ (wiki 2012). There are a number of artists working in this way Symbiotica, Orlan, Stelarc, Critical Art Ensemble amongst others. Wikipedia’s…
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The Ethics and Politics of BioArt
1. Wired magazine article ‘The Ethics and Aesthetics of Using Living Tissue as a medium’ 2. Steve Kurtz is a professor of Art at SUNY Buffalo and founding member of Critical Art Ensemble who was finally cleared in 2008 after a 4 year legal battle after his home was raided and documents, computers and scientific equipment used in…
