Bag-Bug: Adaptive Horizontal Transfer

Clarissa Ribeiro / Brazil

CrossLab, University of Fortaleza

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Integrating biological data and phenomenon in the creative process, and proposing a transversal reflection considering the sub-themes for ISEA 2017, “Bag-Bug: Adaptive Horizontal Transfer” is an invitation to reflect on the intersections between biocreation and heritage from a cross-scale perspective. Beyond media, does bioart have the capacity to preserve heritage? The ongoing project is a tribute to the Brazilian artist Helio Oiticica's work “B50 Bólide Saco 2 'Olfático' (1967; plastic, and coffee)”, consisting of a series of apparatus designed as 'performatic-lab-experiments' exploring genetic information horizontal Transfers due to the eventual molecular scale superficial contaminations/transfers. Customized sleeping bags made of plastic, coffee beans and electronics (sensors, microcontroller and displays) – and the whole body of someone from the audience gets involved in a cross-scale conversation that can potentially consists in a “Horizontal Gene Transfer Session ( HGTS)”!