We’re also delighted to bring Maker Faire visitors two hands-on bioart workshops, with artists Ellie Irons and Nikki Romanello.

If you are planning on coming out to the New York Hall of Science in Queens to check out the Faire, please stop by and say hello!

Before the party, join our panel discussion on “The State of Bioart Today.” Suzanne Anker, bioartist and chair of fine arts at The School of Visual Arts, and Nikki Romanello, bioartist and CPG contributor, will share the stage with the show’s curators.

The panel (and party) begins at 7 PM, Saturday, August 16. Genspace is located at 33 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn (Nevins/Dekalb stations).

A limited, numbered run of catalogues will be on sale at the party.

About the Panelists

Suzanne Anker is a visual artist and theorist working at the intersection of art and the biological sciences. Her work has been shown both nationally and internationally including the Walker Art Center, the Smithsonian Institute, the Phillips Collection, and P.S.1 Museum. Her books include The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age and Visual Culture and Bioscience. Chairing SVA’s Fine Arts Department in NYC since 2005, Ms. Anker continues to interweave traditional and experimental media in her department’s new digital initiative and the Nature and Technology BioArt Lab.

Nikki Romanello collects and observes plant and animal remains to familiarize herself with the function, texture, form, and the fragility of natural artifacts. She combines art and science with the intention of bringing science into culture. Her work has appeared in the New York Hall of Science, Rivington Design House, and Hot Wood Art Center, among others. Currently, she works as a TIG welder for Token NYC, and teaches at Brooklyn Brainery.

Find out more about DIYSect >>

DIYsect focuses on DIY Biology and the Biology-Art intersection. This summer, we’re traveling across North America and Europe to film and interview biohackers, bioartists, scientists, writers, and curators that are involved with citizen biology. We want to raise questions and discuss the way biotechnology is changing our society. What are its political, social, and even philosophical implications? What happens when manipulating life becomes as simple as writing a line of code? And more importantly, what does this mean for average citizens and their future?

DIYsect is a documentary web-series that introduces people in the DIY Biology, Bioart, and general biotech community. The footage is gathered by Ben and Mary, a filmmaker and bioartist who travel across the continent to film and interview. Our goal is to discuss the way biotechnology is used in our society and what this means for the average citizen and their future.

The docu-web series is divided into 6-10 minute episodes that are free and fully accessible on the web. That way, like our subjects, we’re promoting public literacy on Biology, too.

…a staging ground for future-shaping innovations. It’s an unforgettable day of interactive video games, 3-D printed wares, and hi-tech installations—a showcase of the “best of the best” in the fields of science and technology.

We’ll be sharing select works of bioart from the CUT/PASTE/GROW exhibition at Observatory, as well as the unicorn bacterial mosaic we—and 250 random visitors—made at SXSW Interactive.

Join us!

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