Blog: Review of Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures | We Make Money Not Art
Regine Debatty - April 6, 2020 | Artists offer new insights about genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places to challenge viewers’ understandings about the human condition, the material of our bodies...
Short Lectures on the Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Exhibition
In conjunction with "Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology," lectures will be presented by select NC State faculty and staff: Jennifer Baltzegar, Todd Kuiken, and Fred Gould of the Genetic Engineering and Society Center; Darrell Stover from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences; and Molly Renda from NC State University Libraries....Continue reading "Short Lectures on the Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Exhibition"
Indy Week: At the Crossroads of Art and Biotech, a Warning: Be Careful What You Wish For
Brian Howe - January 13, 2020 | The Gregg Museum's "Art's Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures" is less concerned with answering big questions than in finding head-spinning new ways to ask them....
WUNC: An Ancient Greek Festival For Creating Female Sperm
Grant Holub-Moorman & Anita Rao - January 10, 2020 | Semen is a potent substance, both literally and symbolically. It was described by Chinese proverb as “equal to ten drops of blood”; by Sumerians as “a divine substance......Continue reading "WUNC: An Ancient Greek Festival For Creating Female Sperm"
Art the Science Blog: WORKS – Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology
Alice Fleerackers - January 7, 2020 | From "designer babies" to de-extinct woolly mammoths, recent developments in biotechnology have profoundly changed what we view as possible. But each of these possibilities brings......Continue reading "Art the Science Blog: WORKS – Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology"
Darrell Stover – Science Poetry: Case of the Two Rita’s | GES Colloquium
What is science poetry and how is it that we can have two women named Rita successful in two seemingly separate fields, literature and microbiology, providing inspiration for science communication? The poem, "The Two Rita's," examines the time parallels of the contributions of Rita Dove and Rita Colwell....Continue reading "Darrell Stover – Science Poetry: Case of the Two Rita’s | GES Colloquium"
Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Docent Training
Being a docent is cool, and you should do it....Continue reading "Art’s Work/Genetic Futures Docent Training"
Public Performance: DNA Extraction for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
America Project, by Paul Vanouse, is a live, interactive biological art installation whereby the DNA from visitors' donated spit will be extracted, combined and processed to create electrophoresis gel art. ...
Announcing: Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures Exhibition
Raleigh, NC – NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society (GES) Center present the Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology, opening at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design on Thursday, October 17, 6 to 8 p.m....
Book Discussion with Fred Gould – The Windup Girl (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
Join Dr. Fred Gould, University Distinguished Professor of Entomology at NC State, for a discussion of biopunk sci-fi cult classic The Windup Girl. Part of the Art's Work/Genetic Futures exhibition. ...Continue reading "Book Discussion with Fred Gould – The Windup Girl (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)"
Artist Talk: Suzanne Anker (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
A Bio Art pioneer, visual artist, and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences, Anker talks about her work as it relates to Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology, setting the stage for author Margaret Atwood’s keynote talk on the novel Oryx & Crake at NC State Talley Student Union the following evening...Continue reading "Artist Talk: Suzanne Anker (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)"
Pre-Opening: Lucky Mice Throwing Dice by Joe Davis (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
Artist Joe Davis will be conducting the Lucky Mice experiment in the D.H. Hill exhibit gallery, with a breakout brown-bag lunch to talk to students....Continue reading "Pre-Opening: Lucky Mice Throwing Dice by Joe Davis (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)"
Spit Collection for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)
America Project, by Paul Vanouse, is a live, interactive biological art installation whereby the DNA from visitors' donated spit will be extracted, combined and processed to create electrophoresis gel art. ...Continue reading "Spit Collection for America Project by Paul Vanouse (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures)"
Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future Exhibition
Opening Reception for Art's Work/Genetic Futures, a multi-site art-science exhibit and symposium led by the NC State University libraries and the GES Center, held at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, with additional exhibits in the physical and digital display spaces of the libraries....Continue reading "Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Future Exhibition"
Emilia Tikka – EUDAIMONIA (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) | GES Colloquium
Artist Emilia Tikka will talk about her interdisciplinary practice combining storytelling methods, feminist technoscience and speculative design, following with an introduction to her work Eudaimonia....Continue reading "Emilia Tikka – EUDAIMONIA (Art’s Work/Genetic Futures) | GES Colloquium"