Andre Brodyk Showcase
This work is a multimedia installation combining genetically modified biological materials with inorganic forms. The work is situated within contemporary discourse concerning the emergent form known as 'Biotech art'. This new genre adapts and uses biotechnology as new art methods and materials. These new representations are characterised by their distinctive hybrid and interdisciplinary nature and transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
The work involves genetic manipulations and is created in a molecular biology laboratory. Given the experimental nature of this work and the relative infancy of the genre of Biotech art, this is new research that explores the manipulation of biological science in an aesthetic and philosophical framework and adapts actual biotechnology protocols to create works of art. These art adaptations of biotechnology models both critique creativity and the nature of bioscience.
The work was invited for inclusion in the curated international exhibition "Art of the Biotech Era" in the Biennale Festival of Arts in Adelaide (2004). It resulted in a chapter contribution to the monograph 'Art in the Biotech Era' published by the Experimental ArtFoundation (2008).

