French Institute
09.11.2007 19:00
10.11.2007 17:30
11.11.2007 19:00
Running Time: 83.min
This is a documentary of a Transgenic Pheasant Embryology Art and Science Laboratory taught by Adam Zaretsky at the University of Leiden as a part of an Honors Corse called, Vivoarts, Art and Biology Studio. Held by the Arts and Genomics Centre, this hands-on perfomaance art wet-lab was documented in order to stimulate debate about the use of new biological methods for permanent alteration of genetic inheritance.
Country of Production: The Netherlands
Language: English and Dutch (with Subtitles)
Producer: G-Netwerk
Director: no director, a spontaneous registration
Screenwriter: -
Cinematographer: Zoot Derks, Jeanette Groenendaal
Editor: Zoot Derks, Jeanette Groenendaal
Composer: -
Distributor: Participating Students of Vivoarts 2007, The Arts and Genomics
Centre, Leiden University
Distributor Email: G-net@chello.nl, zootderks@hotmail.com, emu@emutagen.com
Adam Zaretsky is a Vivoartist working in Biology and Art Wet Lab Practice. This involves biological lab immersion as a process towards inspired artistic projects. His personal research interests revolve around life, living systems and interrogating varied cultural definitions that stratify life's popular categorizations. He also focuses on legal, ethical and social implications of some of the newer biotechnological materials and methods: Molecular Biology, ART [Assisted Reproductive Technology] and Transgenic Protocols. Zaretsky also teaches Vivoarts: Ecology, Biotechnology, Non-human Relations, Live Art and Gastronomy. Focus is on artistic uses and the social implications of molecular biology, tissue culture, genomics and developmental biology.