Week 5 Blog

There have been many advancements in the scientific field of bio technology. This practice has created lots of controversy amongst the world. The reason for this has to due with whether or not the alteration of a living being is seen as ethical or not. While it may be unethical, the practice of bio technology is truly groundbreaking in regards to the scientific realm. Through the continued progress in the field, we have begun to see incorporations of art. 

There are many different examples of the fields of biotechnology and art being intertwined. A very good example and interesting one could be seen in the project "Victimless Leather". This was a project created by Paolo Antonelli in the early 2000's. He created a thumb sized jacket using the tissue of mice. This tissue however was made up of living cells He starter by cultivating and growing tissue cultures then formed them into a polymer layer in the shape of a coat. Learning about this combination of art and biotechnology is very fascinating and I can't imagine what these two fields will look like in 10 years from now. 

Another very interesting combination of the two fields lies in the relationship between live bacteria and jazz music. Scientists Joe Davis and Andrew Zarestsky explored the ways in which E. coli bacteria responded to jazz music. The experiment plays different frequencies of jazz and how that influenced the E. coli bacteria. This experiment is a very obvious connection between biotechnology and art specifically music. By observing the role that music played with this bacteria, it brings up the question of how music could influence medicine in the future. 

References: 

Levy, "Defining Life: Artists Challenge Conventional Classification". 

https://www.education.com/science-fair/article/music-bacteria-enjoy-most/

https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/biotechnology-as-art-form-2184/

http://tech.mit.edu/V120/N26/bioartists.26f.html

https://agfundernews.com/what-is-agriculture-biotechnology