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ENVIRONMENT + THE MIND ANIMALS + GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES

24 OCTOBER 2005 14 OCTOBER 2005
EDA, UCLA ART|SCI CENTER EDA, UCLA ART|SCI CENTER

This dialogue was centered on Can artists be trusted to act with
the collaboration with the Media integrity in the uncharted waters
and Medicine group, led by Ken of their enthusiastic engagement
Wells and Bowen Chung to develop a with genetic technologies? Carol
communication strategy for Hurricane Gigliotti presented key ideas from
Katrina survivors. Henri Lucas held a her essay, “Leonardo’s choice: the
special class with this theme as the ethics of artists working with genetic
center activity for the students who technologies.” The center of her
contributed and exhibited their design argument grew out of an increasing
proposals for a better communication concern, not only about the risks of
system for the New Orleans community. genetic technologies, in general,
This symposium was organized to help but also with a growing genre of art
facilitate the launch of the Katrina practice involving genetic technologies
project described below. and animals. She is joined by artists
whose work center on issues dealing
PARTICIPANTS: Bowen Chung (School of with biotechnology and animals, and
Medicine, UCLA) / Henri Lucas and scientists whose research involves work
students (Department of Design|Media with animals. This symposium resulted
Arts) / African American Community in a special issue in the AI & Society
Leaders (Loretta Jones, Charlene journal, Springer- Verlag, UK. November
Williams, Ron Wright, Eric Mercier). 14, 2005

PARTICIPANTS: Carol Gigliotti (Emily
Carr Institute in Vancouver, BC) /
Taimie Bryant (UCLA School of Law)
/ Natalie Jeremijenko (Department
of Visual Arts, UCSD) / Eduardo Kac
(Department of Art & Technology, AIC) /
Charles Taylor (Department of Ecology &
Evolutionary Biology, UCLA) / Steve Best
(Department of Philosophy & Humanities,
University of Texas-El Paso) / Beatriz
da Costa (Departments of Studio Art,
Electrical Engineering & Computer
Science, UCI). Moderated by Victoria
Vesna.

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