At the conclusion of the BioArts Workshop the participants were required to 'dispose of' or 'kill' the organisms that were created as part of the lab. Scientists have very clear protocols of how and why to do this in order to ensure health and safety. The social and cultural norms of this practice are less clear to me.

This afternoon we concluded a week-long workshop in the so-called bioarts (go here for a nuanced discussion of the term) at the National Center for Biological Sciences (NCBS) in Bangalore, India.

Lecture 3 - Sylvia Nagl

Living in a trans-disciplinary and cross cultural world
Sylvia has a PhD in molecular and cell biology and is Head of Cancer Systems Science and Informatics at UCL (London)
Her interest spaces:
Complexity Theory and systems biology
New simulation method for complex systems and emergent processes networks
Bioethics, cultural theory and philosophy of science

BIOARTS WORKSHOP
DAY 4
13.3.2008

ANNAMMA SPUDICH EXHIBITION TOUR

DISCUSSION ON WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH BIOART

Oron: How many of you see yourself as working with synthetic biology?
Vivek: From Mukund – I was thinking how can we work with the memory of matter. Homoeopathy film on BBC – on memory in water. (Ayisha/Oron – it was disproved by microscopy.)

DAY THREE AT THE BIOARTS WORKSHOP

What will we see in our plates now?

First blueprint, Now Bricks: DNA is nanoscale construction material.
I am going to talk about using DNA as a way to construct objects. Feel free to ask me questions.
Sedlec Ossuary, Frantisek Rint – Czech Republic.

BIOARTS WORKSHOP
DAY 3
12.3.2008

LECTURE 1 - Dr MUKUND THATTAI
(physicist-biologist at NCBS)

BIOARTS WORKSHOP
DAY 2
11.3.2008

The day began with a short discussion on the talk last evening.
Oron: So what do you think the scientists feel?
Avy: I think they just don’t get it.
Gabe: They think in a way that they’ve already arrived and scientific notions are what must be followed. This is one space such people come from.