Podcast appearances and mentions of adam zaretsky

Dr. Adam Zaretsky of NADLinc is a nomadic Wet-Lab Art Practitioner mixing Ecology, Biotechnology, Non-human Relations, Body Performance and Gastronomy. Zaretsky stages lively, hands-on bioart production labs based on topics such as: foreign species invasion (pure/impure), radical food science (edible/inedible), jazz bioinformatics (code/flesh), tissue culture (undead/semi-alive), transgenic design issues (traits/desires), interactive ethology (person/machine/non-human) and physiology (performance/stress). A former researcher at the MIT department of biology, Adam runs labs on DIY-IGM (Do-It-Yourself Inherited Genetic Modification of the Human Genome). His art practice focuses on an array of legal, ethical, social and libidinal implications of biotechnological materials and methods with a focus on transgenic humans, methods of transgenesis and germline aesthetics. http://artsci.ucla.edu/node/1128 What he has been reading: Genbank Online Bioinformatics Database meet the genome of the Dolphin Lipotes vexillifer UBE3D for fun reading: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/?term=Lipotes+vexillifer+UBE3D Czech out the HECT_2; HECT-like Ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme (E2) binding FASTA and Sequence Viewer (Graphics) too! For further research, the links Mentioned: https://www.hackteria.org/workshops/thgap/ https://www.makery.info/en/author/adam-zaretsky/ https://www.makery.info/en/2021/09/01/english-human-germline-gene-editing-is-bioart-an-open-letter-to-lulu-and-nana/ Warplanes for Vultures – the failure of Art or Science to stop endless collateral damage, interspecies enrichment, sympathetic magick, eating the war machine, eaten by vultures during “Animal and Other Non-Human Enrichment in Parks and Preserves (Seeking Provisioning Advice)”, Bambi Seminar, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 2019. Hybrid DNA Isolation, Vivoarts: Biology and Art Studio Master Class, University of Leiden, 2007

In this Biocoillider episode, Adam Zaretsky talks with Matej Vakula about multi-species collaborations in bioart. What does it mean to ask for permission, and how do we ask non-humans? Can language or training influence gene expression? What ideas truly underpin the aesthetics of transhuman enhancement? What does the hype around certain scientific discoveries--such as CRISPR--serve? These questions are only a few excerpts from the range of topics we discussed.

We broadcast from our high tech Bathysphere observing the creatures of the deep. We talk undersea augmented reality vs ecosexuality with Adam Zaretsky, get a visit from hermit crab concerned about holes, and explore concepts of being and undulating with a guest reincarnating telekinetic creature. They plug: Korean Internet Trends by Jennifer Katanyoutanant Sensory Deprivation … Continue reading "Biobang! Ep 0004: “Bubbles and Holes,” Khan + Quitmeyer, Adam Zaretsky, Hermes, Woowo (feat. DJ Dez + JPOM + Kira Decoudres)"

Adam Zaretsky is a bioartist who explores the manipulation of DNA, the fringes of genetic modification, and butts up against the ethical boundaries of science and beyond.

In this final section of the interview, Adam Zaretsky shares his views on the relationship between literature and biology, code and language, poetry and bioinformatics. He addresses the question of hubris in biotechnology and delivers his take on sensitive issues such as human gene editing and resurrection biology. The podcast also talks about the place of speculative thought in new media art. http://emutagen.com/vivavivo.html

Why should artists and designers worry about the production of drugs and food? In this second part of the interview, bioartist Adam Zaretsky defends his views on the ethics and aesthetics of utility, with respect to local context, values and culture. Echoing with Flusser’s ideas in Curie’s Children [ Art Forum, 1988], the remaining part of the podcast deals with the topics of human enhancement and biological exuberance, Zaretsky calling for the advancement of a queer transhumanism. http://emutagen.com/vivavivo.html

Adam Zaretsky is an artist and professor in Media Arts at Marist College (NY, USA) who develops a practice that integrates the fields of Ecology, Biotechnology, Performance and Gastronomy. Drawing upon the questions raised by one of his texts on transgenic art, the podcast addresses several issues such as the bioethics of new technology, that of genetic modification, the public understanding of science or even the appeal for biology in contemporary art. Is science making better performance than art? How far ranging human gene editing can get us to? What is so sexy with the biological today?