BIOTEC
Lecture
Topic:
BIOTEC & BIOART
Vital importance of biology:
an example:
Escherichia
coli
* September 2006: Center of Ecoli.doc
* 2006
North American E. coli outbreak
* Industria
trans·gen·ic (tr
ns-j
n
k,
trnz
adj.
1.
Of, relating to, or
being an organism whose genome has been altered by the transfer of a gene or
genes from another species or breed: transgenic mice; transgenic plants.
2.
Of or relating to
the study of transgenic organisms: transgenic research.
Main Entry: 1trans·gen·ic
Function: adjective
: being or used to produce an organism or cell of one
species into which one or more genes of other species have been incorporated
<transgenic mice> <transgenic corn plants> <transgenic
techniques>; also : produced by or composed of transgenic plants or
animals <transgenic foods>
Main Entry: 2transgenic
Function: noun
1 : a transgenic plant or animal
2 trangenics pl but sing in constr : a branch of
biotechnology concerned with the production of transgenic plants, animals, and
foods
organism: making art with living systems
Potential
Contributions of Bioartists to Research
http://www-tech.mit.edu/V120/N26/bioartists.26f.html
http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~swilson/papers/wilson.bioartschapter.html
http://www.abc.net.au/arts/digital/stories/s877305.htm
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Visiting
artists:
1.
Vivo
Labs - Julia Reodica visiting artist
2. Boryana Rossa visiting
artist
other artists who work with
BioART ideas themes/ideas & question our relationships to living
systems/ and innovative concepts:
3. Adam Zaretsky
4. Beatriz da Costa
5. Kathy
High
6. Suzanne
Anker
7.
Natalie
Jeremijenko 1 2
8.
Steve
Kurtz
9.
Stelarc
10. Orlan
11. subRosa
12. Critical
Art Ensemble - biotech projects
13. Kathleen Ruiz
14. Chimeras
Differing Ideologies:
* The Molecular
Invasion
http://www.critical-art.net/books/molecular/
* Pushing the edge
of art and legality
By Randy Kennedy The New York Times
NANOTECHNOLOGY … and
BIOtech??
* Drexler and Smalley make the case for and against 'molecular assemblers'
* The Nanomeme Syndrome: Blurring of fact & fiction in the
construction of a new science by
Jim Gimzewski and Victoria Vesna
Screenings:
possibly Biomedicine and Biotechnology 47min dvd
possibly The Net: the Unabomber 115 minutes
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Readings
Scientific Looking, Looking at Science
Studio skills: Web design, basics of Dreamweaver, html, information
architecture, file management, image prep for the web, text on the web, proper
naming conventions, layers, tables, metatags
Resources:
Web Artists:
Whitney Art Port
Rhizome http://www.rhizome.org/
Dia web art: http://www.diacenter.org/webproj/
Dreamweaver
tutorials click here
html tech info at:
Bare Bones Guide to HTML: http://werbach.com/barebones/download.html
Web Style Guide : http://www.webstyleguide.com/index.html?/contents.html
WWW Help Pages: http://werbach.com/web/wwwhelp.html
W3C HyperText Markup Language (HTML) Home Page http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/
A History of The Net: http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_lee.htm
Project: BioArt Net Project
Living tissue culture, genetic, morphologic
modifications, biomechanic constructions are some of
the many techniques bio artists use. Create a short website which explains an
original bio art piece. Explore the technological, ethical and social questions
which your project poses.
Task: Using the ideas covered in lecture, discussions, your own
personal research and intuition, create an original idea for a hypothetical
bioart project and present your concept in an original web art project which
uses images, text and information architecture in expressive ways to
communicate your ideas.
Deliverables:
Submit
one folder to your drop box (named with your name) which contains all the elements of
your BioArt Net Project. This should include at
least:
* index .html
* original web ready images
* at least linked 6 pages which contain your images/text/etc
Additionally: Also upload your site to your rcs public
html and ensure that your BioArt Net Project works. Use the following to upload
it: (pc)
ftp.rpi.edu
right click
login
public html
drag your folder into your public html folder
check it then at:
www.rpi.edu/~yourrcsusername/yourfoldername/index.html
Grading
Criteria:
1. Assignment completed on-time
2. Adherence to the size and file format
specifications
3. Exploration and application of creative tools
in Dreamweaver, html, or xml
4. Quality and clarity of class presentation
5. Quality, originality, relevance and relation
to issues in Biotech/BioArt, and the technological,
ethical and social questions which your project poses.
6. Ability to create a well designed and workable
prototype for your BioArt Net Project