It's Alive! A Laboratory of Biotech Art
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The Montserrat Gallery will thus transform into a laboratory, with a range of “experiments” in progress, in an effort to raise viewer awareness and understanding of the often-controversial issues that surround cutting-edge research in biotechnology: a drawing that consists of living, bioluminescent bacteria by geneticist and artist, Dr. Hunter O’Reilly, will be on display in a small darkroom; Jennifer Willet and Shawn Bailey will have prototypes of unusual cancerous cysts, or teratoma, which are being studied as examples of spontaneous cloning; Kevin Jones’ Pseudo Tree, a synthetic robotic tree, will examine current discussions in biotechnology centered on cloning, mutations and genetic engineering.
Schedule of Events
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 16, 2007
Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 14, 11:30 am, New Media Artist Kevin Jones
Artist Talk: Wednesday, February 28, 11:30 am - Sculptor Brian Burkhardt and Photographer Tanit Sakakini
Artist Talk: Thursday, March 15, 11:30 am, New Media Artists Jennifer Hall & Blyth Hazen
Artist Panel: Friday, March 16, 6-8 pm, at the Unitarian Church, 255 Cabot St., Beverly, Led by Geneticist and Artist Hunter O’Reilly.
Artist Talk: Thursday, March 29, 11:30 am, New Media Artist Brian Knep
Curator Talk: Saturday, April 7, 2:30 pm, with Exhibit Curator Leonie Bradbury
The genetic revolution has turned the artist’s studio into a laboratory, the artist into a researcher, and living tissue technology into a medium. Artists are experimenting with biological substances in creative new ways. The risky business of using living organisms as a new art media and the artist as scientist has brought to the forefront a whole new set of ethical considerations and questions of responsibility.
It’s Alive! A Laboratory of Biotech Art
EXHIBIT PROGRAMMING
February 12- March 8 — Twist of Nature: Amy Ross
Hardie Building, 23 Essex St.
It's Alive Companion exhibit in the Schlosberg Gallery
Wednesday, February 14 — Artist Talk: Kevin Jones
Room 201, Hardie Building, 23 Essex St. 11:30 a.m.
Friday, February 16 — Public Opening
Montserrat Gallery, 6-8 p.m.
Thursday, February 22 — Artist Talk: Amy Ross
Room 201, Hardie Building, 23 Essex St. 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 28 — Artist Talk: Brian Burkhardt and Tanit Sakakini
Room 201, Hardie Building, 23 Essex St. 11:30 a.m.
March 12- April 10 — Ice Cream, No Regrets: Cathy McLaurin
It's Alive Companion exhibit in the Schlosberg Gallery
Thursday, March 15 — Artist Talk: Jennifer Hall and Blyth Hazen
Room 201, Hardie Building, 23 Essex St. 11:30 a.m.
Friday, March 16 — Panel Discussion: Hunter O'Reilly, Shawn Bailey, Steve Hollinger, Leonie Bradbury, Peter Hornbeck, Director of Bioinformatics, Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
First Parish Unitarian Church, 255 Cabot St. Beverly, 6-8 p.m.
Thursday, March 29 — Artist Talk: Brian Knep
Room 201, Hardie Building, 23 Essex St. 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, April 7th — Gallery Talk: Leonie Bradbury
Montserrat Gallery, 2:30 p.m.
| HOURS | ↑ top |
m-f, 10 - 5, thurs. 10 - 8, and sat 12 - 5.
the 301 Gallery, with student work, is open 11 - 2pm.
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The exhibit and related events are free and open to the public.
| WEBSITE | ↑ top |
www.montserrat.edu/news/mediakit.shtml
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23 Essex St, PO Box 26, Beverly, MA, 01915 map
Phone: 978-921-4242 X11
Montserrat College of Art: Montserrat Gallery, 23 Essex Street, Beverly
For directions visit www.montserrat.edu
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