different color strawberry |
Biotechnology is not a topic that I am familiar with. I do
not think that artist and scientist will work together in the same laboratory
before this class. Levy states that "art has the capacity to reveal some
of the underlying assumptions built into our technology” (15, Levy), and it
shows why artist and scientist work together can benefit a lot of studies. This
week’s topic is attractive but controversy. It is no doubt that the combination
of biotechnology and art brings a lot of benefits and possibilities. However, if
people over used biotechnology, it will cause problem. One example is foods which are genetically modified, and they
have different artistic colors and shapes. Nevertheless, people have many
genetically modified foods will get strange illness, and it will hurt us.
Joe Davis |
Alba Bunny |
In the lecture, Joe Davis is the person who attracts me the
most. He is the pioneer of connecting biotechnology and art, and he wanted to
create an “info-gene” to translate human being genes into meaning. Joe Davis
said “The most absurd things are connected in very absurd ways", and it
leads to the appearance of many Bio-Art performance.
Artists and scientists work together to do some organisms
which not appear naturally. Alba Bunny is an example. Alba Bunny is created by Eduardo
Kac, and it is inserted jellyfish’s fluorescent protein which makes it a green
fluorescent bunny, and it is created with the work of artist and scientist. In
Levy’s essay, he shows the different fluorescent protein projects, and it
includes genetic engineering of plants and animals.
Nowadays, the application of biotechnology and art in the
area of medicine has improved our lives. One example is that the fluorescent protein
can help find an anti-cancer gene. However, overusing biotechnology will cause
some serious problems due to the mutation of species.
Levy, Ellen K. Defining Life: Artists Challenge Conventional
Classifications. Print.
Vesna, Victoria. Unit 6 Lecture BioTech+Art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaThVnA1kyg#t=157
AbbyMediaRoots. "What is Genetically Modified
Food?" Dec 16. 2009. Web. May 10. 2015. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAP6ZtfP9ZQ
Phil Mckenna. "Joe Davis: The mad scientist of
MIT?" Mar 23. 2012. Web. May 10. 2015. http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/03/the-mad-scientist-of-mit.html
Biotechcellence. Web. 8 November 2013.
http://www.biotechcellence.org/
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