Tuur Van Balen
Zlati golob / Pigeon d’Or 2010 Mešana medijska instalacija (posebne bakterije, akrilni objekti, barvne tiskane fotografije, video) / Mixed media installation (bespoke bacteria, acrylic objects, c-type print photographs, video)
Mesto je ogromen, izjemno zapleten metabolizem, v katerem je človeška vrsta samo miniaturni delček; majhen, pa vendarle neuničljivo povezan z organskim tkivom bolj, kot si lahko predstavljamo. Prav znotraj tega zapletenega tkiva bodo končale biotehnologije (prihodnosti). Projekt Zlati golob predlaga uporabo mestnih golobov kot platformo in vmesnik za sintetično biologijo znotraj urbanega okolja; doseči želi, da bi golobi izločali milo. Zasnovali in ustvarili smo posebno vrsto bakterije: če z njo krmimo golobe, se njihovi iztrebki lahko spremenijo v detergent, medtem ko je sama bakterija popolnoma neškodljiva za golobe, podobno kot jogurt za ljudi. ENG
The city is a vast and incredibly complex metabolism in which the human species is the tiniest of fractions; tiny and yet intrinsically linked into an organic embroidery beyond our understanding. It is within this complex fabric that (future) bio-technologies will end up. Pigeon d’Or proposes the use of feral pigeons as a platform and interface for synthetic biology in an urban environment by attempting to make a pigeon defecate soap. A special bacterium is designed and created that, when fed to pigeons, could turn faeces into detergent and is as harmless to pigeons as yoghurt is to humans. Credits: In collaboration with James Chappell at the Centre for Synthetic Biology, Imperial College London. Thanks to Pieter Baert, Jan Boelen, Rob Culverhouse, Simon Delobel, Cate Edgar, Toby Hadden, Keith Plastow, Albert Stratton, Kasper Van Rompay & Joep Verburg. Supported by the Flemish Authorities. / Projekt je nastal v sodelovanju z Jamesom Chappellom iz Centra za sintetično biologijo, Imperial College London; zahvale: Pieter Baert, Jan Boelen, Rob Culverhouse, Simon Delobel, Cate Edgar, Toby Hadden, Keith Plastow, Albert Stratton, Kasper Van Rompay in Joep Verburg. Podprto s strani flamskih oblasti.
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