[spectre] Synthetic Biology at Ars Electronica

[Annick Bureaud]

Dear Spectrites,

I am really happy to forward you the link to "Project 
Genesis", the new exhibition at the Ars Electronica Center 
that opened on August 1st and will be on display during Ars 
Electronica Festival with some of the artists present.

Here an abstract from the press release :

Project Genesis: Synthetic Biology – Life from the Lab
New Exhibition at Ars Electronica Center Linz

This is one of the most explosive recent developments in the 
natural sciences. One that’s overwhelmingly experimental and 
even conceptual to some degree. Its initial breakthroughs 
seem nearly as fantastic as the bright future prospects it 
could open up. Virtually apocalyptic, on the other hand, are 
the potential negative scenarios. Our topic: synthetic 
biology. Now, Linz’s Ars Electronica Center is devoting a 
new exhibition to what can rightfully be called Project 
Genesis—first of all, to make people aware of the current 
state of scientific research in this field; also to 
spotlight artistic commentary on these developments. The 
show features 18 works by artists from Australia, Austria, 
France, Germany, Great Britain, India, Ireland, Japan, 
Latvia, Spain and Switzerland. The exhibition is being 
accompanied by workshops and an educational program to get 
across essential basics like how information is transformed 
first into binary code and then into DNA sequences. The 
“Project Genesis – Life from the Lab” exhibition opens on 
August 2, 2013.

The “Project Genesis” exhibition at the Ars Electronica 
Center showcases a series of projects created under the 
auspices of Studiolab, an initiative funded by the 7th EU 
Framework Programme for Research, Technological Development 
and Demonstration (http://studiolabproject.eu/)

and now the link to the full press release and detailed info
http://www.aec.at/press/en/2013/07/31/projekt-genesis-synthetische-biologie-das-leben-aus-dem-labor/

All the Best
Annick
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