The next item on my ADWT list is Symbiotica, an artistic laboratory ( i love this term ) , which is dedicated to helping artists and researchers engage in wet biology practices in a biological science department. Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr from the Tissue Culture and Art Project are the two artists behind the idea. One project that was also exhibited in last year’s Deisgn and Elastic Mind show at MOMA is seen below,
“Victimless Leather is grown out of immortalised cell lines which cultured and form a living layer of tissue supported by a biodegradable polymer matrix in a form of miniature stich-less coat like shape. The Victimless Leather project concerns with growing living tissue into a leather like material.”
victimless leather oron katts ionat zurr
They also helped grow Stelarc’s 1/4 scale ear , but I’ll talk more about it in my next post.