Art and inspiration
Tijdens de BioArt week (2018) in Pakhuis Dekker in Heiloo, waren de tentoonstellingen ‘BioArt, a vision on biotech’ en ‘NeoBio’, van Nicole Spit (DesignStudio Dáárheen) te zien.
During the ‘kunstfietsroute Castricum 2016’ on the 4th and 5th of June I will present the BioArt objects which reflect on the future of biotechnology. And on sunday the 5th I will also give a short presentation on BioArt and BioTech.
De tentoonstelling ‘BioArt, a vision on biotech’ was ook te zien in KunstStation Delden
BIOTATTOO
This is an example of a smart tattoo. If sea slugs can steal chloroplasts from algae for functional photosynthesis, why can’t we? Could we use chloroplast tattoo`s to reduce costs on food? Or simply as a lifestyleproduct? What would it look like if it would be used in commercial GMO ‘products’. The organism is altered with CRISPR-Cas and is tattooed with a choroplast BioTattoo, wich provides extra energy.
GMO with BioTattoo.
(‘Manufacturer: Vancouver TechTransit. Genecombinationcode: Neutral03Har54Dog568Pole33Tur2. Protocol: N-AM4 Rev 968.Usage: field exploration , research’)
This is an example of a genetic modified organism with a smart tattoo. A herd of these animals could be used to explore harsh environments. The tattoocode can be read from a distance, for example from a helicopter or a drone.
Unknown BioTronicol
What if gene-hacking and making biotronicols would be so easy, it could be made by everyone? What if there would be genetic modified animals and no one knows who created them? And for what purposes would they be used?
What if hybrid viruses were developped, with the aim of changing both the binary digital code and the DNA code of Biotronicols? What if your biotronicol was going to mold or rot? Is six base DNA perhaps even more vulnerable? Could DNA switches be turned on and off? Could spyware be pre embedded in biotronicols which are ready to be sold? What if you put biotronicols from two different manufacturers close next to each other? Is a biotronicol a living being with consciousness or could it develop one?
Organ Printing
Ear. New grown. Skin. Printed cells grow over a structure. The beginning of a new ear. Cartilage. Tissue with electrical circuit.
We can print ears and small organs, but can we also print brain tissue?
Scientists in Australia have created brain-like tissue in the lab using a 3D printer and special bio-ink made from stem cells. (Advances healthcare materials Issue online:6 September 2017)
The research takes us a step closer to making replacement brain tissue derived from a patient’s own skin or blood cells to help treat conditions such as brain injury, Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy and schizophrenia.
One of the challenges of using iPSCs (human induced pluripotent stem cells), is that, like embryonic stem cells, they have the potential to develop into teratomas — disturbing looking tumours that contain more than one type of tissue type (think toenails growing in brain tissue, or teeth growing in ovary tissue…).
Brainimplant under transparant skull bone, a cranial window.
GMO LabRat. Used as a testmodel for research. With the CRISPR/Cas9 method for targeted genome editing we can change the rats DNA. Is it still a rat? Is it ethical to use an animal just for testing different combinations of DNA codes implanted in a rat genome?
Biotronicol, ‘Living Camera’. GMO created for security with several sensors wich are retrieved from the DNA code from different species.
The Biotronicols were also exhibited in the expo ‘NEOBIO, a vision on the influence of biotech on productdesign’ at Manifestations on the Dutch Design Week 2018
BIOTRONICOLS
‘BioTronicols‘ is the name chosen by me for products which merge electronics with living cells.
Living electronic devices. Living cells growing over and in a shell and PCB. The cells and the electronical parts communicate with each other. The product gives haptical feedback and needs to be touched. It can be charged by putting it in a bowl of nutricious gel, wich it obtains through its gills at the backside. It can also communicate with other living products out of the same range, with a cord
* Manufacturer :’Mei-Kyon living products’ Asian protocol : As2-Rev12, Genecombinationcode : Neutral(JVCI-syn7)05Pi66Sna5Bat98, Usage :Game, Lifestyle.
Now that we all have our smartphones with touchscreens, we get almost no haptical feedback. As a response to what we are lacking, tactility will become more and more important. In these living electronical products, ‘Biotronicols’, the skin of the products is the important tactile factor. It can feel warm or cold, soft or with bumps, there are even hairs growing out of the buttons. They can be charged by putting them in a bowl of nutricious gel, wich they obtain through their gills. Maybe you can feel a hartbeat…
The Biotronicols were also exhibited in the expo ‘NEOBIO, a vision on the influence of biotech on productdesign’ at Manifestations on the Dutch Design Week 2018
Start of a growing BioTronicol
The start of a Biotronicol*. The living cells begin to grow over the electronic component.
*‘BioTronicols‘ is the name chosen by me for products which merge electronics with living cells
The Biotronicols were also exhibited in the expo ‘NEOBIO, a vision on the influence of biotech on productdesign’ at Manifestations on the Dutch Design Week 2018