Ars Electronica Festival · 2011
BBa_K221000: First volume of teenage gene poems
🏆 Honorary Mention · Prix Ars Electronica 2011
ArtScienceBangalore's “BBa_K221000: First volume of teenage gene poems” was honoured with a Honorary Mention at the Prix Ars Electronica 2011, category Hybrid Art. ArtScienceBangalore has 1 more work in this atlas.
BBa_K221000 is a sequence of DNA that produces an enzyme called geosmin, which is responsible for the smell of wet earth when it begins to rain. When BBa_k221000 is transformed (injected) into the DNA of E. coli bacteria, it transforms the bacteria into “living machines” that produce the smell of rain.
About ArtScienceBangalore
ArtScienceBangalore (IN) was formed in 2009 by the artist Yashas Shetty and the scientist Mukund Thattai. The group’s work focuses on the intersection of art, science and pedagogy, creating spaces of dialog and interaction between artists, designers and…
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