Selfmade
Christina Agapakis (US) & Sissel Tolaas (NO)
Selfmade is a collaborative project with Sissel Tolaas for Synthetic Aesthetics, a project run by the University of Edinburgh and Stanford University to bring together synthetic biologists, designers, artists and social scientists to explore collaborations between synthetic biology, art and design.
The Body is a Big Place
Helen Pynor & Peta Clancy [AU]
Peta Clancy and Helen Pynor have been independently exploring the intersections between art and the life sciences for more than a decade and have been collaborating since 2010, working across installation, media art, video, sculpture, performance and photography. Their work has been exhibited extensively in museums, institutions and private galleries in Australia, Asia and Europe and developed...
Pulse Index
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (MX/CA)
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is a Mexican-Canadian electronic artist who works with ideas from architecture, technological theatre and performance. Pulse Index is an architectural rendering of our similarities and differences. By assembling a vast number of individual biometric portraits to create a crowd sourced exhibit, Pulse Index aggregates a single biometric reading typically used for...
Delicate Boundaries
Chris Sugrue [US]
Chris Sugrue is an artist and programmer developing interactive installations, audio-visual performances and experimental interfaces. Her works experiment with technology in playful and curious ways and investigate topics such as artificial life, eye-tracking and optical illusions. She has exhibited internationally in such festivals and galleries as Ars Electronica, Sónar Festival, Pixel...
Fabulous Fabbers — Ghost Estate Edition
David Benqué (UK)
David Benque is a research associate in the Design Interactions Group at the Royal College of Art. One of the subjects he works with is Synthetic Biology, a relatively new scientific field. His work is a type of science communication and aims to get people to question and critically evaluate synthetic biology using objects. It offers a space for the imagination to flow and dialogue to...
Supermajor
Matt Kenyon (US)
Matt Kenyon is an American artist based in the Metro Detroit area of Michigan, where he is also an Associate Professor in the Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. From 1999-2012, SWAMP operated as a collaborative between Kenyon and Douglas Easterly. Kenyon now runs SWAMP solo. His work has also been exhibited and collected by institutions including the Museum of...