Week 6: BioTech+Art

  BioTech+Art 

Because of Biotechnology, there are many things that have been modified genetically in order to benefit humans. The first that comes to mind is food. Many foods have been genetically modified in order to benefit humans. It has gotten so popular that when shopping for fruits and vegetables in the United States, stores and vendors label their fruits as organic and non-genetically modified (non-gmo) because it is normal for companies and farmers to genetically modify their crops. 

Ritchie, Daniel. “An Honest Discussion on the Labeling of Gmos.” Science Says, 5 Dec. 2020, https://davissciencesays.ucdavis.edu/blog/honest-discussion-labeling-gmos.

Things are constantly being modified in food, art, and life. While farmers and companies use biotechnology to make food last longer and things like that, there are artists that use it as an art form. Being able to modify nature and showcase it is a beautiful thing because nature is beautiful and can transform into many things. 

Define_me, https://www.cell.com/pictureshow/art-under-the-microscope.

While I do believe that modifying nature can be something very beautiful, I do think that there should be limits on what artists can do and create with biotechnology. People should not modify things in nature just to showcase them for aesthetics or something like that. If something is modified or tested, it should be because scientists are trying to figure out a cure to a disease or something along those lines. 

Victimless Leather

Created by: Tissue Culture & Art Project 

2004

Work Cited

1. Noussair, Charles, et al. “Do Consumers Really Refuse to Buy Genetically Modified Food?” The Economic Journal, vol. 114, no. 492, 2004, pp. 102–20, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3590036. Accessed 7 May 2022.
2. Scientist? Artist. Pirate! Who Is Joe Davis? - Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GkZt00Qics.
3. Levy, Ellen K. “Defining Life: Artists Challenge Conventional Classifications.” Ellen_Levy_BioArt - 1 Defining Life: Artists Challenge Conventional Classifications Ellen K. Levy Like the Platypus, Which Presented a Taxonomic Dilemma | Course Hero, https://www.coursehero.com/file/19828843/Ellen-Levy-BioArt/.
4. Willy De Greef. “Agricultural Biotechnology and Moral Imperatives.” In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Plant, vol. 36, no. 5, 2000, pp. 309–11, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4293361. Accessed 7 May 2022.
5. Vanouse, Paul. “Suspect Inversion Center (SIC).” Suspect Inversion Center (Sic), http://www.paulvanouse.com/sic.html.