Waag’s “Do it Together Bio” series, C-LAB By Laura Cinti - 06 May 2013
As part of Waag’s “Do it Together Bio” series, C-LAB was invited to hold a workshop related to our work using synthetic biology. The workshop was held at De Waag, one of the oldest building in Amsterdam and where Rembrandt famously painted The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp (1632). enetic modification (GM) is an almost inherent feature of synthetic biology practices and an immediate challenge for the workshop since the premises did not hold a GM permit. Thus, our workshop was aimed at highlighting these issues also given that our current work Living Mirror is facing precisely these challenges of publicly exhibiting genetically engineering bacteria as part of our artistic display in the Netherlands. Only recently were we able to host UK’s first living synthetic biology exhibition and substantial effort was put in place to enable this possiblity and allowing a public audience to experience such organisms - many for the first time. How then, is the ongoing developments in DIY communities across Europe expected to partake in the exciting opportunities afforded by synthetic biology? Can we foresee a possibility of public participants at the Waag doing genetic manipulation and when? And what are the regulatory challenges we face when making these 'living' technologies public? more… http://c-lab.co.uk/events/do-it-together-bio-%235-synthetic-biology-art.html _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
