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The first Ukrainian food delivery service RAKETA is a socially responsible and caring brand. In the new #stayhome ad campaign RAKETA reminds about the possibility of safe contactless delivery, as well as other safety measures and rules: self-isolation, distancing, avoid touching – all these simply measures can save lives.
So, let’s be aware and #stayhome! RAKETA will take care of food delivery!
The Barilla Group continues to be by Italy’s side: following donations to support the emergency, the company also wanted to express its closeness and gratitude to #italiacheresiste (#resilientitaly), through an emotional video that is on air on the main national TV stations from Sunday, April 5th. It is a special message of sincere gratitude, on behalf of the company, to all those who are contributing to keeping the country going in a time of difficulty. The video message, created in collaboration with the agency Publicis Italia, intertwines the musical notes of Vangelis, rearranged for the orchestra – one of the most famous and beloved songs related to Barilla – with images of places from our beautiful land, that remind us of who we are and why it is worth resisting.
Barilla has donated a total of over 2 million euros to the Maggiore Hospital of Parma, the Civil Protection and the Parma Red Cross. The most important donation concerns the Maggiore Hospital of Parma and will allow a significant improvement of the equipment and functionality of the Intensive Care Unit in dealing with the current health emergency caused by the spread of COVID-19.
The second contribution from the Alimenta Foundation, established by Barilla in 2009, will specifically assist the Civil Protection and the Parma Red Cross and relates to a series of medical devices and logistical equipment necessary to face this particularly critical moment that the territories of Parma and Cremona are experiencing.
Father and son. During the epidemic, the roles are reversed. Now adult children must take care of their parents. The Polish Chancellery of the Prime Minister, the Ministry of Health and the State Sanitary Inspectorate have jointly prepared a spot to remind us what kind of behaviour protects us from the virus. However, apart from ordinary activities, emotions are also important. We must accept the new situation and follow the official guidelines.
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Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology. Shaping Our Genetic Futures, edited by scholar, curator and poet Hannah Star Rogers.
Publisher The University of North Carolina Press writes: Evolution has gotten us this far. Design may take it from here.
Aimed at raising awareness about genetic engineering, biotechnologies, and their consequences through the lens of art and design, Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology: Shaping Our Genetic Futures is an art-science exhibition curated by Hannah Star Rogers and organized by the NC State University Libraries and the Genetic Engineering and Society Center and shown at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, in the physical and digital display spaces of the Libraries and on the grounds of the North Carolina Museum of Art.
By combining science and art and design, artists offer new insights about genetic engineering by bringing it out of the lab and into public places to challenge viewers’ understandings about the human condition, the material of our bodies and the consequences of biotechnology.
The book is available as a free PDF so i’ll keep this review extra short.
The artists selected for Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology investigate genetic engineering technology, a discipline that often comes with the alarming reputation of “playing God with life”. The artworks, however, are grounded in both laboratory research and every day concerns (food safety, animal exploitation, gender borders, etc.) This combination of the mundane and the scientific reveals the possible ethical and cultural dimensions of the so-called genetic revolution. It might make for disquieting encounters sometimes but it also enables readers to understand that their genetic futures are not solely in the hands of forbidding people in white coats, they are still up for debate.
The catalogue contains the usual mix of artwork presentations and essays by experts of various disciplines. I was particularly fascinated by biologists Megan Serr and John Godwin’s account on an hypothetical use of a genetic contraception that would cause rodent populations to decrease on island where their massive presence threaten biodiversity. As for the artworks, they do trigger all kinds of questions, curiosity and concerns. Here’s my short list:
Charlotte Jarvis, In Posse (Extracting plasma from my blood for making semen.) Photo Credit: Miha Godec
Charlotte Jarvis, In Posse (Female semen half way through being made and fresh out the fridge.) Photo Credit: Miha Godec
Charlotte Jarvis, In Posse: Making ‘Female’ Sperm (Alternate Realties Summit)
Charlotte Jarvis has been busy collaborating with Prof Susana Chuva de Sousal Lopes and Kapelica Gallery / Kersnikova Institute to create female sperm from the stem cells of her blood and skin.
Ciara Redmond, We Make Our Own Luck Here, 2018-ongoing
We Make Our Own Luck Here explores the ways in which culture and biotechnology interact using the famous symbol for luck. Using traditional selective breeding methods, the artist have created white clover plants with high numbers of four-leaf clovers. “By exploring and modifying the genetics of a plant to create a ‘lucky’ specimen we can play with the ideas of fate and destiny, whether they be genetic or supernatural.”
Richard Pell, The Mermaid De-Extinction Project
The Mermaid De-Extinction Project explores the possibility of giving life to a creatures we’ve dreamed about and written about for hundreds, even thousands of years. However, instead of creating a mermaid, the project aims at creates DNA that genetically resembles a mermaid. The work explores the tensions and debates raised by the many research projects around de-extinction and the kind of cultural beliefs and priorities that motivates them.
Emeka Ikebude, Fragments
Emeka Ikebude collected used toothpicks from mainly restaurants and dyed them with organic dyes.
The toothpicks retain human DNAs and microbiomes from the saliva, blood and food particles. Each of these tiny pieces of wood, alive with microbial forms, stands for a different human being. Combined together, the toothpicks depict a young man, an individual that came into being through the alliance of many living, anonymous and invisible entities.
Diana Eusebio, Erin Kirchner, Grace Kwon, Rachel Rusk, Sydney Sieh-Takata, Kerasynth, 2018, synthetic fiber prototype garment
Diana Eusebio, Erin Kirchner, Grace Kwon, Rachel Rusk, Sydney Sieh-Takata, Kerasynth, 2018, synthetic fiber prototype garment
Diana Eusebio, Erin Kirchner, Grace Kwon, Rachel Rusk, Sydney Sieh-Takata, Kerasynth, 2018, synthetic fiber prototype garment
Kerasynth is a synthetically grown biological material that could replace all keratin-based animal fibres, eliminating thus the direct use of animals in the textile industry. It would be lab-grown but vegan and biodegradable. The team used tissue engineering to grow Hair Follicle Germ cells on devices that provide the cells with nutrients and remove waste, maintaining the integrity of the fiber without the animal’s direct involvement.
Joe Davis, Lucky Mice, 2019
Lucky Mice explore the possible correlations of serendipity and genetics through the creation of a mouse-operated dice-throwing apparatus and in vivo selective breeding of “lucky mice.” Mice that have the best outcome are selected and bred together (without any use of performance-enhancing drugs or genetic modifications.) The work not only comments on the use of live mice in art and science but also questions modern understandings of genetics and heritability.
Paul Vanouse (with Solon Morse, scientific collaborator), The America Project, 2016
The America Project is centred around the so-called DNA Fingerprinting, a process which Paul Vanouse appropriated to produce images of power—such as a crown, warplanes, a flag, etc. The DNA used is the one that visitors literally spit in a spittoon (glad to learn that such thing exists!)
Maria McKinney, Management Polled, Doon just the job, 2016. From the series Sire
Maria McKinney, Environmental Footprint/Cornucopia, Bivouac (CH221). From the series Sire
The colourful sculptures on the back of the pedigree bulls above are made from semen straws. These plastic straws are storage receptacles used in the process of artificially inseminating cows. They come in a variety of colours to help distinguish between different bull’s semen while being stored in liquid nitrogen.
Each straw sculpture has been specifically crafted by artist Maria McKinney for the animal whose genetic signature it denotes.
McKinney‘s project Sire (a “sire” is a bull used specifically for breeding purposes) investigates genetics in cattle breeding. Through these sculptures and their photographic documentation, the artist not only explores the past and future of humanity’s efforts to shape nature but she also reveals the hidden systems behind beef and milk production.
Edward Steichen with delphiniums (c. 1938), Umpawaug House (Redding, Connecticut). Photo by Dana Steichen. Edward Steichen Archive, VII. The Museum of Modern Art Archives
I’ll add one artwork that i discovered in one of curator Hannah Star Rogers‘ short but incredibly informative essays about the relationship between art and biotechnology over time. In the text, she explains how she regards Edward Steichen as being a pioneer of art and genetics. A curator, painter and photographer, Steichen was also a keen breeder of delphinium, experimenting on the mutation in the plants to create new varieties. In 1936, the plants were the subject of the first flower exhibition ever held at MOMA.
Related stories: Tomorrow’s tailor-made cows, Proceed at Your Own Risk. Tales of dystopian food & health industries, etc.
People are still going out during the pandemic due to the fear of missing out on what happens outside their doors. This series of prints makes use of Google Earth daily views on many cities around the world to reassure people that the cities stay the same while they spend time indoors.
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