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THE BIO ART DEBATE EXPOSURE

27 FEBRUARY 2012 07 MARCH 2012
BROAD ART CENTER, RM 5240 BROAD ART CENTER, RM 5240

Bio artists tamper with elemental units An exhibition of work by Mike Phillips
of living matter and are a source of (Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts,
many controversial debates. This talk School of Art & Media at Plymouth
by Linda Weintraub aimed to ground University), Exposure explored the
arguments of sceptics and supporters deterioration of the flesh through
by positioning these considerations the temporality of the Atomic Force
within the context of fundamental Microscope (AFM). From the 60th second
life processes that are essential of a second exposure of the Kodak
for maintaining life on Earth and Brownie camera to the 20-minute scan
supportive of environmental reform. of the AFM—the closer the subject the
longer the “exposure.” Incorporating
data from an AFM scan of a basal
cell carcinoma, Exposure addressed
the ideologies constructed around
imaging technologies. Through a subtle
interaction the viewer conjured up a
dynamic data / image of a skin cancer—
overexposed to the sun—or the intense
light of the camera flashgun.

Mike Phillips is director of i-DAT, a
Principal Supervisor for the Planetary
Collegium and a supervisor of the
Transtechnology Research Groups. His
R&D orbits digital architectures
and transmedia publishing, and is
manifested in a series of ‘Operating
Systems’ to dynamically manifest ‘data’
as experience in order to enhance
perspectives on a complex world.

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