Transmediale Project
Protoplasmic Performance
Since DNA as biochemical material is allover in plant tissue, humans, animals and its cells, the compact structure of DNA packaged as chromosomes is present in special (time) stages of dividing cells. The Organisms appearing on the screen are belonging to the digital world and science world. They move and need attention.
Are they human?
Stop and Go Signal (e. g. walking by) changes the Chromosomes in their shape and movement and reveals the aesthetics of the Chromosome stage. Human & Protoplast Interaction welcome!
About the genetic code
"Two apparently opposed properties of living beings, stability and variability, are based on the very nature of the genetic text. The system only offers a choice between two alternatives. The only instruction that can be received from the environment through regulatory proteins is a ' go ' or ' stop ' signal. Reading the genetic message, therefore, is like getting music from a iuke-box in a cafe. By pressing one of the buttons, one can choose the desired record from those in the machine.“
(Jacob, Francois, La logique du vivant)
Technical infrastructure:
• Screen (Computer) • Table • Distance Sensor • best would be a place with artificial light source (not near window)
Project Sketch
Inspiration:
aus: Genetik verstehen Grundlagen der molekularen Biologie von Wrba, Fritz; Dolznig, Helmut; Mannhalter, Christine UTB 2. Auflage
Idea:
First Step: Isolating DNA from Parthenocissus spec.
