Brennen Jacobsen / Ian Hall: Bio-Art
Welcome to our Exhibition. Today we bring you Bio-Art!
BioArt is defined as a bridge between art and science – a marriage between art and biohacking, where the body is an “impersonal, revolutionary, objective structure" - Stellarc
BioArt includes medicine, genetics, and extensions to the body, and it greatly encourages discussion on the relationship between living and nonliving organisms.
This topic means alot to us as it is pertained to our major Biomedical Engineering, so we hope you enjoy and hopefully find it as interesting as we do!
A Glow in the Dark Bunny that was genetically modified using the GFP protein (hence the name). Able to glow in the dark under a fleurescent light.
The artist fabricated bulletproof human skin and placed it on top of ballistics gel. This uses spider silk that was inputted into human skin cells which created a piece of skin that could withstand a standard bullet's impact.
The Artist used the Biology of the human body and (like plastic surgery) created a working human ear on his arm, though it cant hear yet he is working towards a actual working ear lobe.
This Artist discusses the future of the human body by conducting plastic surgery as an art medium. The changes to her face were to make her body similar to icons of the past, using her face as a canvas.
This picture depicts Tuur Van Balen with a cage releasing a pigeon. The pigeons he is releasing is genetically modified in order to excrete soap instead of leaving feces.
This is a photo of heads hanging on a gray wall with cases on pedestals below each head. Heather Dewey-Hagborg collected DNA from public spaces to reconstruct 3D portraits of anonymous individuals
This photo showcases the Bio Art pamphlet from the Altered Realities exposition at the ArtScience Museum in Singapore which addresses genetic engineering's ethical and social dimensions.
This photo has a large container sitting on a wooden table with organs growing inside the clear container with blue liquid (formalin). Wetware: Art, Agency, Animation at the Beall Center for Art + Technology showcased works where artists animated synthetic life forms
This photo depicts a stuffed fawn on a white pedestal with a center light on it. The fawn has metal rods sticking out it's legs and surrounding it. Becoming Animal at the Mass MoCA looked at nonhuman life and agency in art.
This photo depicts a woman with what appears to be a bobcat wrapped around her shoulders with sand dunes under her. Haraway’s Cyborg Manifesto famously critiques the boundaries between human, animal, and machine. Her notion of the cyborg serves as a symbol for the hybrid identities created by technological and biological convergence
This photo portrays hundreds and rocks lined up in a row with each row increasing in height off the ground. Bennett’s Vibrant Matter encourages us to consider the agency of nonhuman actors, such as, tissues, organisms, and synthetic materials, in shaping reality and art.
This photo depicts a person shaped object in a black body suit on the floor with roots growing all around them. Jae Rhim Lee’s Mushroom Death Suit is a burial suit seeded with mushroom spores that decompose the human body.
This photo depicts a dark lab with a white table at the center and hat appears to be blood in a tube. There is also small tubes with blood running up to the ceiling. Ionat Zurr and Oron Catts’ Tissue Culture & Art Project grows living tissues into art forms, exploring life and autonomy
This photo depicts a skeleton made from plants. Neri Oxman’s Living Architecture integrates biological materials into adaptive, growing design structures.
This image depicts two butterflies with genetically modified wings. Marte de Menezes’ Nature? alters butterfly wing patterns for artistic effect while maintaining genetic integrity
This photo depicts a white room with the door open with a large clear container with a green substance in it. There are also green hoses running all over the floor. Thomas Feuerstein’s Manna Machine IV uses algae photosynthesis to create paint, merging biology and chemistry
This photo depicts a man riding a machine with eight legs. Stelarc's Exoskeleton exemplifies this fusion by integrating a six-legged robotic suit with the human body, challenging traditional notions of bodily autonomy and control.
This photo depicts a small round redish-orange object on a small metal plate. Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr's projects further delve into the complexities of life and ethics. Their Semi-Living Steak presents lab-grown meat, questioning the morality of consumption without animal slaughter.
This photo depicts a small round redish-orange object on a small metal plate. Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr's projects further delve into the complexities of life and ethics. Their Semi-Living Steak presents lab-grown meat, questioning the morality of consumption without animal slaughter.
This photo depicts two very small red wings on a black backdrop. In Pig Wings, they grow wings from pig stem cells, exploring the boundaries between species and the implications of genetic engineering.
This photo depicts a piece of skin with the words wired written on it. There is also a small red zip at the top. The Semi-Living Zit uses infected mouse tissue to provoke discussions on bodily imperfections and societal taboos.
This photo depicts an orange ball with a ladder leading to an inside. Life Boat transforms a ship's lifeboat into a mobile biotech lab, symbolizing preservation amidst ecological uncertainties
This photo depicts a women working in a lab with blood covering her. Their DIY De-victimization Kit offers tools to mitigate guilt associated with consuming animal products, encouraging personal reflection on ethical dilemmas.
A installation that includes functioning lab equipment and a free standing tent that all supports a single tissue culture growth.
A vending machine style art piece that allows members of the community to choose what pollution they want to release into the ecosystem
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