Week 6 | Bio Art

 What is Bio Art?

“Bio-Art: Science and Art in Harmony.” SCIplanet, https://www.bibalex.org/SCIplanet/en/Article/Details.aspx?id=12455. 

This week's lectures have convinced me that anything can be considered art, there are not any “standards” one must follow to create art. Bio Art is the bridge between art and science. Joe Davis is the pioneer of Bio Art. His work includes a combination of  art and molecular biology. Joe Davis came up with ideas scientists  would have considered dangerous. One of the works created by Davis that caught my attention was the Audio Microscope. The Audio Microscope allows people to listen to living cells. He found that different organisms create different sounds depending on the species of the microorganism. 



Miranda Grounds

“Symbiotica.” SymbioticA, https://www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au/. 




Biologist Miranda Ground is one of the founders of SymioticsA, a laboratory that views biology in an artistic way to help create and develop Bio Art projects. In this lab animal tissues are used which has me wondering is Bio Art ethical? Although I do believe Bio Art can be used to help environmental issues and improve the quality of life for human beings. I also can see how people may think it is unethical, using living organisms to create artworks. A perfect example is  the mouse with the human ear attached that was created to help researchers get a better understanding of how human body parts are grown. Although the researchers  may have had “good intentions” behind this experiment, was it ethical? Some might just say its a mouse, what's the big deal, however I do not condone any experiment involves and animal.

    
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Hugo, Kristin. “Remember the Lab Mouse with a Human Ear on Its Back? the Scientist Accused of ‘Playing God’ Explains His Work.” Newsweek, Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2018, https://www.newsweek.com/tissue-surgeon-ear-mouse-human-organs-transplant-cell-phones-666082. 






“Bioart, Ethics and Artworks: Masters of Media.” Masters of Media | Research Blog Masters of New Media, 23 Apr. 2012, https://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/blog/2012/04/18/bioart-ethics-and-artworks/. 

CellPressNews. “Bioart: An Introduction.” EurekAlert!, https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/666865. 

“Joe Davis: In Search of Paradoxes.” Ars Electronica Blog, https://ars.electronica.art/aeblog/en/2021/11/22/joe-davis-paradoxes/. 

“Miranda Grounds.” The UWA Profiles and Research Repository, https://research-repository.uwa.edu.au/en/persons/miranda-grounds. 

“Scientist? Artist. Pirate! Who Is Joe Davis? - Youtube.” YOUTUBE, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GkZt00Qics. 


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