http://music.columbia.edu/organism Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:23:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On Saturday, March 7th from 2-5pm, CRITTER will be presenting Clone-Home, an afternoon open house for multiplying plants. Come with a few cuttings of your favorite plant(s) to share and trade with others. If you’re new to the world of cutting and growing, come ready to start your own little ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=244 Radars & Fences II: Tactical Bioart in the Age of Biotechnology Event Time Thursday, March 5, 2009 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Location Information Law Institute 40, Washington Square South Room VH218 Description Radars & Fences II features five researchers and artists who have been at the forefront of the battle for the democratization of the life sciences ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=241 Corpus Extremus (LIFE+) February 28 – April 18, 2009 Exit Art, New York City Corpus Extremus (LIFE+), the second exhibition of Exit Art’s Curatorial Incubator Program, will present work by artists who are using bio- and media- technologies to investigate questions of life and death. Representative of a relatively new international trend, these ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=238 Other Worlds With Artist Philip Ross and Dr. Kristina Yu in Person A Biological Cinema Arts Program Saturday, February 21, 2009, McBean Theater, 2pm At Other Worlds, a biological cinema arts and musical event at the Exploratorium, artist Philip Ross and Dr. Kristina Yu present their videos of microorganisms accompanied by a live musical ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=233 MAKE writes: Mac Cowell recently started the site DIYBio as a resource for biohackers working outside academic and industrial labs. DIYbio is an organization that aims to help make biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, amateur biologists, and DIY biological engineers who value openness and safety. This will require mechanisms ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=231 Flies and moths are naturally attracted to light. The Lampshade Robot has holes based on the form of the pitcher plant enabling access for the insects but no escape. Eventually they expire and fall into the microbial fuel cell underneath. This generates the electricity to power a series of LEDs ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=224 Medialab-Prado is launching the latest of its increasingly successful interactivos? calls for the presentation of projects. A maximum of 8 projects will be selected for their production in a workshop that will take place in Madrid on January  28 to February 14, 2009. Happy project leaders will count with the help ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=221 Joe, Aged Seven (2 minute exposure) / Josh, Aged Six (2 minute exposure) Simon Park says: I have collaboration with an artist called Anne Brodie in which we have developed the world’s most unusual photobooth. Using the booth we take portraits of people using only the ephemeral blue-green light produced by ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=213 ROBERT B. LISEK says: GESPENST / WIDMO / SPECTRE self-replication of pathogen new work by ROBERT B. LISEK of Fundamental Research Lab at LETO Gallery, Warsaw opening reception: Friday, October 17, 2008 7-9 pm exhibition: 17.10 - 12.11. 2008 GALERIA LETO ul. Hoza 9c 00-528 Warszawa 022 499 59 16, ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=211 [caption id="attachment_208" align="aligncenter" width="254" caption="Philip Ross's Leviathans"][/caption] Phillip Ross says: Hello, This coming Saturday at eight I will be screening a video I have made as part of the MACHINE PROJECT FIELD GUIDE TO LACMA, at, of course, LACMA. A few years back I set out to make a video about the behaviors of ... http://music.columbia.edu/organism/?p=209