MVP: “DIY Bio” Mini Documentary
MINIMUM VIABLE PRODUCT: “DIY Bio” is a mini documentary about biohacking. It includes my thoughts on biohacking as well as coverage of the Biohacker Meetup at SXSW. Present on the SXSW panel are (left to right) myself, Josiah Zayner, Jason Bobe, and Jeffery Barrick. The footage of c.elegans was shot in Emalick Njie’s “Mutant Worms” […]
Bacterial Photography: Creating Photosynthetic Images Using Living Microorganisms
Dark and early one winter morning in New York, Wythe Marschall and I embarked on a quest to find a microorganism—a genetically engineered chimaera—that could turn itself into a living photograph. We intended to join Dr. Natalie Kuldell’s bacterial photography class at MIT. Undaunted by a 3:45am departure time from the Port Authority, unhalted by […]
DIYsect on Kickstarter!
Our friends at DIYsect have launched their Kickstarter campaign—check it out and support DIYbio! 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 […]
DIYsect
CUT/PASTE/GROW congratulates DIYsect—”filming biotinkering for the web”—on its launch! Check out the site to see the first two videos, and stay tuned for the upcoming Kickstart campaign. More on the project: 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 […]