



Jennifer Willet looks at the topic of co-existence, play and collaboration of human and microbial worlds, Paul Vanouse reflects upon industrial society’s shift from human and machine labor to forms of microbial manufacturing, and Adam Zaretsky presents “The Errorarium,” a device for exploring the gamification of the forced genetic errors that may appear in chamber-grown botanica.ĬIMERA is part of the programming of the Bio-Art Mixer, where art and life sciences meet, faculty and grads share their research or look at it from the perspective of a different discipline. Guest artists are presented with signature and award-winning works. The works in the exhibition present varieties of topics, starting with self-portraits, portraits of ecological systems, visual exploration of macro and micro worlds, ethical and personal exploration of the role of the scientist in the society, and the body as a political arena. While taking the bio-art class the students, who have scientific or artistic backgrounds, studied examples of bio-art, had hands-on experience with microscopy and other biological techniques, and discussed their work reaching beyond their disciplines. Our attempt is to create widely accessible view of the work done in scientific labs and open discussion about its social importance that comes from both sciences and the arts. This exhibition features finished works and works in progress that have been made by students and artists who utilize techniques and knowledge from the field of biological sciences, apply discussion from humanities and look for visual and textual expression that comes from the arts.ĭuring the global pandemic, the need for an integrated approach to education that includes both art and science has become imperative for fighting collective distrust in science. Oksana Kazmina, Jakub Kochanowski, Elise Krespan, Yiling Lan, Sicong Ma, Marjona Mardonova, Madison Montalvo, Cheyene Muenzel, Madison Paris, Madeline Pietrowski, Jacob Purce, Anshul Roy, Renita Saldanha, Mokhinur Sobirova, Mingeun Song, Glenn Urgola, Olivia Wang, Feimo Zhu, Amy Zurawski. Jennifer Willet, Paul Vanouse, Adam Zaretsky Featured Art and science students Guided tour: April 22, 4 pm at Shaffer Art Building.Shaffer Art Building: Roger Mack Exhibition Space, The Wall Gallery and Office 102.We would like to invite you to our bio-art show CHIMERA, which features works by students of the Bio-Art class co-taught by Dr.
