"god's eye" / "god in a seed" I
(CRISPR-Edited Bacterial Print)
CRISPR-edited E.coli bacteria, agar, petri dish, epoxy resin, walnut, stainless steel, DALL· E, Adobe Photoshop
9 x 9 x 50 in
2023
Image created merging and editing DALL· E generated responses to prompts “god’s eye” and “god in a seed.” Exploring parallel fears of AI and omniscient deities through human control or lack thereof with that we do not know and that which seems to know us too well.
CRISPR gene-editing technology allows humans to change the colour of the E.coli bacteria from blue to white, granting god-like control over the life of these organisms. Yet as the bacteria become the image of this generated “god,” the lines of power between god, bacteria, AI, and the human hand blur.
CRISPR gene-editing technology allows humans to change the colour of the E.coli bacteria from blue to white, granting god-like control over the life of these organisms. Yet as the bacteria become the image of this generated “god,” the lines of power between god, bacteria, AI, and the human hand blur.
Selected Works
Still Fire
Instrument
Long Time (Ginkgo)
Flight Speculation I — Exhaustion
Flight Speculation II — Anchoring
Between Blood, Breath and Sea
(血脉，不息，守望)
Meditations I — my god is dark
“god’s eye” / “god in a seed” I
“god’s eye” / “god in a seed” II
Untitled (Portrait)
To Bury a Bird
1+1+1+1+1
In Response to Explanation
noon
First Touch
How To Make A Wish
Visualization of a Wish
still life
Selected Exhibitions
Where the Light Blows (Solo Exhibition, 2024)
If Birds Could Fly: On Speculative Futurisms (Curation, 2024
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