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5. Artworks

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Studio Roosegaarde: "GLOWING NATURE"

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https://www.studioroosegaarde.net/project/glowing-nature

Why / Motivation

Create an experience where the visitor meets and sees the beauty of nature in a unique encounter.

How / Plan

By Artificially reproducing the most light-emitting algae in the world in a custom polymer shell, which is 700 million years old

What / Execution

Interactive art installation of a 20 to 50 m2 walk consisting of light-emitting algae.


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Eduardo Kac: "Genesis 1999"

https://www.ekac.org/genesis-info.html

Why / Motivation

Finding the final language

"explores the intricate relationship between biology, belief systems, information technology, dialogical interaction, ethics, and the internet. "

How / Plan

translate a bible quote into Morse and then into Gene ( ATCG) and integrate it into bacteria cells.

What / Execution

create a 4-dimensional installation. User manipulate bacteria with UV light,

and alternating cultures are shown on screen.

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Tissue Culture and Art Project: "Victimless Leather"

https://tcaproject.net/portfolio/victimless-leather/

Why / Motivation

‘victimless utopia - lab-grown  materials that explore the potential to develop consumer products

How / Plan

Grown from immortalized cell lines on a biodegradable polymer matrix in the form of a miniature stitch-less ‘jacket’

What / Execution

This leather is cultured inside a custom-made perfusion chamber, inspired by the organ perfusion pump and has an automated system that drips into the polymers and feeds the cells with a nutrient media.

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Liquid Crystal Hear Beat

Why / Motivation

Revealing the underlying/ hidden beauty in a product we constantly use in our everyday lives and are emotionally attached to.

How

Manipulating an LC-Ester with alternating current. The current is subject to the visitor's heartbeat, which is recorded by a sensor.

What

Creating a Video Installation - Observing & Recording with a microscope