Today, 16 June, the opening of the exhibition DA4G and my work ’2.6g 329m/s’ at Naturalis!
I’m writing this at the end of an exciting and long day, right now I feel like falling asleep but I need to get this of my chest so I can really take [...]
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from the CO2 incubator for the project ’2.6g 329m/s’ in Naturalis
A way to see and keep track of the progress of growing the ‘bulletproof-skin’ in-vitro at Naturalis Leiden for the DA4GA exhibition.
I need to fine-tune the image, raise the camera, add the CO2 and temperature value [...]
Continue Reading →First Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award was presented for a bullet proof skin, an ecological bioreactor and an opera performed by mutated worms.
Wednesday, 8 December, Robbert Dijkgraaf presented the first Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award (DA4GA) to three winning projects in Naturalis, Leiden. DA4GA [...]
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Growing human skincells on the spidersilk matrix for the DA4GA project 2.6g 329m/s:
I am pretty sure the bulletproof spidersilk matrix is in good hands with Dr. Abdoel El Ghalbzouri from the dermatology department of the LUMC. The textile has been sterilized [...]
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Initially I had some wild plans on how to display the living bulletproof-skin for 2.6g 329m/s in Naturalis. Inspired by Oron Catts of SymbioticA and his beautiful transparent installation for the Tissue culture and art project: Victimless leather, I [...]
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This week I had an interview with Bart Smout for Brabant Cultureel about me and my project for DA4GA. At this stage I didn’t have much to show yet but luckily the transgenic spider-silk arrived earlier this week from Korea. We talked about the [...]
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I know Olga Crapels from the 2009 Honours Class with Boo Chapple at Leiden University. If there is an event related to the combination of Art Philosophy and Science she is there (or it is just chance that every time I am at one of those events I run into her). It is no wonder [...]
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An interview about the DA4GA project: 2.6g 329m/s for one of the my favourite art related blogs: We make money not art, by Régine Debatty. She asked me for some good illustrations to illustrate the project, but since we are still at the organising phase I have not much [...]
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