SymbioticA BioTech Art Workshop
RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
16-20 November 2009
DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 21 AUGUST
Learn how to engineer life, from the molecular to the tissue level during an intensive 5-day workshop.
SymbioticA’s BioTech Art Workshop is an introduction to biological techniques and issues surrounding the manipulation of living systems. Artists and researchers from various disciplines engage in the biological science lab to utilise language and techniques into their practice and research. Through practical ‘hands-on’ methods, the broader philosophical and ethical implications of human intervention with other living things will be explored.
Led by SymbioticA’s Director Oron Catts, and chief scientific collaborator, Greg Cozens, the workshop is a practical and theoretical introduction to the basics of biological techniques and the creation of biological art.
Presented by SymbioticA, The University of Western Australia and the School of Architecture and Design, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), as part of an Australia Research Council project exploring ethics and aesthetics as criteria for innovation.
Hosted by the School of Applied Sciences (Biosciences), RMIT.
Limited places in the workshop are available. Download the application form and submit it by 21 August to amanda@symbiotica.uwa.edu.au
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