FGCN and Art
On december 2010 the first Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award was presented for a bullet proof skin, an ecological bioreactor and an opera performed by mutated worms.
Jalila Essaidi and the Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands wins the award with their project 2.6g 329m/s will make a bullet proof skin by providing transgenic human skin with cast-iron spiders’ web.
In this page you will find overview of news and other articles related to FGCN and art.
Designers & Artists 4 Genomics | 17 June 2011 - 8 January 2012
‘2.6g 329m/s’ aka the bulletproof skin is exhibited from 17 June 2011 until 8 January 2012 at the National Museum of Natural History Naturalis, seen in the context of the LiveScience experiment.
2.6g 329m/s | The performance standard for bulletproof vests
2.6g 329m/s are the maximum weight and velocity of a .22 calibre Long Rifle bullet from which a Type 1 bulletproof vest should protect you.
Spidersilk thread is relatively much stronger than steel and can even be made by a living being. Woven it would be capable to resist the impact of a bullet, much like a bee on the spider’s web. If human skin would be able to produce this thread, would we be protected from bullets? Together with the Forensic Genomics Consortium Netherlands Jalila Essaidi take the acid test: by implanting transgenic spider silk in the human skin and letting a bullet do its work.
Video: 2.6g 329 m/s aka the bulletproof skin
News articles:
9 Dec 2011 | Article: Prijzen voor bio-art naar 'mooie' kunst (in dutch) | NRC Handelsblad »
23 August 2011 | Article: Human Skin, Made (Semi-)Bulletproof | MedGadget »
20 August 2011 | Article: Bulletproof Skin made from spider silk | Discovery News »
18 August 2011 | Article: 'Bullet-proof' skin created | TG Daily »
18 August 2011 | Article: Spider Silk Used to Make "Bulletproof" Human Skin | Daily Tech »
17 August 2011 | 'Bulletproof Human Skin' Lives Up to Name, Sort Of | TechNewsDaily »
17 August 2011 | Article: 'Bulletproof Human Skin' Made From Spider Silk | Fox News »
11 July 2011 | TV Programme: "Uitgesproken" | Dutch TV sender VARA (in Dutch) »
9 June 2011 | Press Release: Dutch artist creates ‘bulletproof’ human skin »
31 May 2011 | Kogelwerende huid (in Dutch) | VPRO Noorderlicht »
9 June 2011 | Press Release: Dutch artist creates ‘bulletproof’ human skin »
19 Jan 2011 | Interview: Jalila Essaidi | www.artsandgenomics.blogspot.com » »
9 Jan 2011 | 2.6g 329 m/s, aka 'the bullet proof skin' | www.we-make-money-not-art.com »
9 Dec 2010 | Jalila Essaidi and FGCN wins the first Designers & Artists 4 Genomics Award »
9 Dec 2010 | DA4GA's Jury Report on Jalila Essaidi and FGCN »
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Jalila Essaidi
Jalila Essaidi's artwork is about the recognition of the transience of matter and a human desire to keep and hold. In her work, she embed this desperate race against time by using living or organic matter, capable of decay or the product of decay.
By embracing new materials and/or knowledge resulting from biotechnology, she offer a view on the social, political, ethical and cultural issues resulting from this relatively new ability of humans to understand and manipulate the mechanism behind nature’s genius.
