Catalogue Release Party and Bioart Panel: 8/16/2014
The art of CUT/PASTE/GROW has been bound with new essays in a gorgeous catalogue. Join us at Genspace to celebrate the catalogue release! 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 […]
It’s ALIVE: The Unicorn Mosaic from SXSW
Presenting… the Unicorn Mosaic made from genetically engineered fluorescent K12 bacteria, crowdsourced from participants at SXSW Create, 2013. If you were a contributor, check below for the number that corresponds with the card you received at SXSW to see how your bacteria dish developed. Thanks to all who participated! You have the distinction of having […]
Heather Barnett’s Slime Mold Workshop at Genspace
Thanks to Heather, to everyone who came out for the workshop, and to our little friend Physarum polycephalum! If you have images of your slime-mold art to share, please post them on Slimoco.
SXSW Create: Making the Unicorn Mosaic, from the lab
On our return back to Brooklyn, the team congregated at Genspace‘s community biotech lab. With the plates cultured and the bacteria glowing, it was time to capture the stars of the show- our iridescent microbial friends- on film. To do that, the dexterously gifted Grace Baxter created a “bacterial photo booth” that talented interactive photographer […]
SXSW Create: Making the Unicorn Mosaic, from the field
Take a look at a few snapshots of the mosaic tile creation process at the SXSW Create tent on Red River. We had a lot of enthusiastic participants that lended their creative vision to our mosaic- from artists, to venture capitalists, to neurologists and marketers… we had a busy booth and lots of curious and […]
CUT/PASTE/GROW at SXSW Create
March 8 -11, 2013. SXSW Interactive, as part of SXSW Create. Austin Convention Center, at 101 Red River Street. Help Genspace, Observatory, and the Empiricist League create a crowd-sourced living, glowing mosaic of bacterial paintings. Each mosaic tile will be painted on a petri dish with K-12 bacteria. The DNA of this bacteria has been […]