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12/31/2010
synth-ethic presents art work related to Synthetic Biology. May 14th to June 26th 2011, Vienna, Austria
12/31/2010
The Bio:Fiction festival provides information and dialogue about synthetic biology in an attractive, factual and entertaining way.
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US Presidential Bioethics Commission releases report on synthetic biology on December 16th , 2010.
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12/31/2010
Art exhibition synth-ethic
synth-ethic presents art work related to Synthetic Biology. May 14th to June 26th 2011, Vienna, Austria
While artists increasingly use biotechnologies in order to manipulate living systems, the new field of Synthetic Biology aims at applying engineering principles to biology, so to not only modify but to build up „life“ from scratch. In the exhibition synth-ethic, internationally reknown artists question this new technological dimension and the deriving ethical stance when life becomes synthetic. Their works explore the areas of tension between molecular biology and ecology, architecture and biochemistry, technology and nature, cybernetics and alchemy. More...
synth-ethic is produced by Biofaction KG in cooperation with the Museum of Natural History.
Producer and scientific curator: Dr. Markus Schmidt; art curator: Jens Hauser; production assistant: Sonja Schachinger.
Supporters of synth-ethic: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Life Technologies, Wageningen University, Austrian Center for Industrial Biotechnology, Boku, ESF, FWF, Aculab
When: synth-ethic opens its doors during the Bio:Fiction festival. The exhibition is open to the public from 14th of May to 26th of June 2011.
Where: synth-ethic is shown in Room 50 (2nd floor) of the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria
