Tag: Bio Art
This is Electrostabilis Cardium, a custom-bioprinted defibrillating organ It’s part electric eel, so it discharges an electric current at an instance of a heart attack. This is what an Electrostabilis Cardium transplant looks like. As imagined by Agatha Haines, Circumventive Organs bioart series imagines a near future of new organs: The ability to replicate and print cells in […]
In 1997, Eduardo Kac invented the term “Bio Art,” giving a name to several of his ethics-challenging projects in transgenics and biotechnology. His Genesis installation allowed online viewers to interact with a synthetic gene, proposing a philosophical paradox of man’s supremacy over nature. Alba, Kac’s genetically-altered florescent bunny, roused global controversy. “You would be surprised by the number of individuals who consider […]
