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  • DPrime artist – Carlos Castellanos

    Carlos Castellanos ‘is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher with a wide array of interests such as embodiment, cybernetics and systems theory, networks, phenomenology and artificial intelligence. He is exploring the aesthetics of information technologies and their effects on lived embodied human experience. This has taken a variety of forms and include scholarly writing, net art, interactive…

  • 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…

  • Scratch programming language

    There are a number of programming languages that range in difficulty to learn so MIT developed Scratch as a programming language for 8 – 16 year olds that makes it easier to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art. You can download Scratch from here and get started – you can explore combining it with sensors…

  • 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…

  • 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…

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