My midterm.
Week 6 Biotech and Art
Week Six: BioTechnology+Art During this week I have learned how biotechnology and art truly relate to each other. Biotechnology is technology that utilizes biological systems or living organisms to create products that benefit humans. Over the last decade more and more artists have been giving up their studio suites in favor of laboratories. During this past decade more and more artists have become obsessed with bio-art, "artists have cultivated human tissue, bred frogs, assembled DNA profiles, and used modified bacteria as electric transmitters." (Miranda) One particular thing I found super intriguing was the Audio Microscope that was created by Joe Davis, which allows the user to view a particular living cell while at the same time being able to listen to what is happening with that cell. My favorite example from this weeks learning is from Katy High's Blood Wars. What the blood wars is it is a tournament between the blood of different people, where white bl...
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