BioTech 177

Week 5: Midterm Presentations

Assignment

Required Attendance: Natalie Jeremijenko lecture, 5/5, 6pm, EDA, Broad Arts
Blog: Write about the midterm presentations -- do a critique of what you think of the presentations and where you see connecting threads. What themes did you see emerging? Comment on what you could have done better after hearing the feedback from your peers and myself. I am sending individual critiques and where you stand in the class this weekend.

Lecture Slides

None for this week.

Videos

Jen Hauser: Bio Art of an Etymological Monster

Reading

Jeremy Rifkin, The Biotech Century, Chapter 1

Other Weeks, Other Material

Week 1 - Introduction
Week 2 - Two Cultures
Week 3 - Food
Week 4 - Animals
Midterm Info
Week 5 - Midterm Presentations
Class Midterm Projects
Week 6
Week 7 - Body
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Final Info

About

UCLA HNRS 177 - Biotechnology and Art - Bioartists use cells, DNA molecules, proteins, and living tissues to bring to life ethical, social, and aesthetic issues of sciences. This course will study how bioart blurs distinctions between science and art through the combination of artistic and scientific processes, creating wide public debate. We wil explore the history of biotechnology as well as social implications of this science.

Links

UCLA Art | Sci Center
UCLA Design | Media Arts
Victoria Vesna