photo Dan Phipher
An artist is collecting stray DNA from the streets of New York City, and using it to conjure up 3D-printed versions of its original “donor”.
It is likely that you are not in the habit of picking up stray pieces of gum and hair from the pavement or on benches, but apparently Heather Dewey-Hagborg doesn’t mind the ickiness. Her show, In Stranger Visions, “calls attention to the impulse toward genetic determinism and the potential for a culture of genetic surveillance” through a combination of technology and art.
She said:
“The project began with me, going about my daily life in the city, and coming across samples of human DNA everywhere I looked. Hairs, nails, cigarette butts, chewing gum, we are shedding our DNA all over the place all the time, and we don’t even notice.”
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