Brandon Ballangée: DFA 23, Khárôn
Scanner Photograph of Cleared and Stained Multi-limbed Pacific Tree
frog from Aptos, California in Scientific Collaboration with Dr.
Stanley K. Sessions. Unique Digital Chromogenic print on watercolor paper. Courtesy the Artist and Archibald Arts, NYC
BioTechnique
Guest curated by Philip Ross
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission St. at Third
San Francisco, CA.Oct 26, 2007–Jan 6, 2008
Opening Night Party
Thu, Oct 25, 6–9 pm | Grand Lobby & GalleriesNorthern California hosts more life sciences companies than anywhere else in the world. BioTechnique showcases a visually rich assortment of organisms, semi-living objects, and intricate life support systems, shining light on the technologies that are changing the global economy and the earth itself. The product of biological techniques—the exhibition artworks have been "grown" rather than manufactured: Denise King's terrarium habitats constructed for her bacteria paintings; lab equipment used by the Tissue Culture and Art Project to grow chimerical cell clusters; hydroponic garden installations by Philip Ross. Shown alongside these artworks are artifacts made by industrial technologists, ecological researchers, and biological engineers. These hybrid objects, from sheltering vessels to semi-living diagnostic tools being developed in Silicon Valley, provide context for the artworks and further explore the increasingly fuzzy line between the technological and the natural.
