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<p>Meanwhile, teams made up of a combination of students from both the arts and sciences have had huge impacts on iGEM. University of Cambridge 2009, for example, won the Grand Prize, and Imperial College 2011 was the First Runner Up.</p> | <p>Meanwhile, teams made up of a combination of students from both the arts and sciences have had huge impacts on iGEM. University of Cambridge 2009, for example, won the Grand Prize, and Imperial College 2011 was the First Runner Up.</p> | ||
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<p>As chairs of the Art and Design Track, we continue to see art and design make significant contributions to iGEM and synthetic biology. These modes of creativity tap into our greatest hopes and fears for the technology. They also tap our greatest misconceptions. As the technology develops, art and design’s contribution will only get larger. Artists and designers will help us identify desirable applications for the science while warding us away from those less so.</p> | <p>As chairs of the Art and Design Track, we continue to see art and design make significant contributions to iGEM and synthetic biology. These modes of creativity tap into our greatest hopes and fears for the technology. They also tap our greatest misconceptions. As the technology develops, art and design’s contribution will only get larger. Artists and designers will help us identify desirable applications for the science while warding us away from those less so.</p> | ||
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Introduction
iGEM is a unique competition for students interested in designing and engineering with biology. Over the past ten years, thousands of students from dozens of countries have imagined a future where biology is the ultimate design medium built from open-source, standardized parts. The growth and success of iGEM has centered on the power of this vision of biological design.iGEM calls for diverse teams of students and advisors to bring together knowledge from the sciences, engineering, and the humanities. The most successful teams work hard to consider their projects in a social context. They explore the ethical, legal, social, ecological, and safety implications of their work.
Since 2009, a number of teams have begun working closely with artists and designers to bring artistic inquiry and experimental and critical design to their projects. Artists and designers bring a unique sensibility to these lines of inquiry. They are uniquely suited to identify and provocatively communicate the broad societal issues surrounding emerging biotechnology.
Examples
Art and design teams made up of different permutations of students from different disciplines have contributed greatly to iGEM. They have added significantly to the Registry with new BioBricks. They have innovated in Human Practices by imagining the future implications of synthetic biology. They have also found novel ways to communicate synthetic biology and its potential to the public.
For example, teams made solely of art and design students have made great strides at iGEM. ArtScienceBangalore 2011 won iGEM Best Human Practices Advance. They also won Honorary Mention at the International Prix Ars Electronica 2012, an important accolade in the art world. Two years earlier, ArtScienceBangalore 2009 created a BioBrick that produced the ‘smell of rain’ and won Best Presentation at iGEM.
On the other end of the spectrum, teams made solely of science and engineering students have made contributions to art and design practice, such as Harvard iGEM 2010 ‘iGarden’ and Cornell iGEM 2012.
Meanwhile, teams made up of a combination of students from both the arts and sciences have had huge impacts on iGEM. University of Cambridge 2009, for example, won the Grand Prize, and Imperial College 2011 was the First Runner Up.
E. chromi from Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg on Vimeo.