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21/2/2003

Women in Science (Genomically Yours)

Universal Concepts Unlimited, New York

Artists:
Suzanne Anker
Marcia Lyons
Rebecca Allen
Susan Alexjander
Pamela Bannos

Events: Reception: Feb. 22, 6-8 pm, Discussion: March 5. 6:30-8 pm

Universal Concepts Unlimited is pleased to announce the opening of Women in Science (Genomically Yours), an exhibition commemorating the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix. This exhibition is dedicated to Rosalind Franklin, a pioneer in molecular biology. Franklin's image of DNA formulated through x-ray crystallography was critical to uncovering the double helix structure of heredity's macromolecule.
On view Feb. 22 - March 22, opening reception Feb. 22 6 - 8 PM at 507 West 24th Street in Chelsea.

All of the artists in this exhibition have been pioneers in exploring new technologies in which the natural world and its attendant social meanings have become more transparent. The work in this exhibition will address the border zones of the origin of life, inner and outer space, and growth patterns transversing the organic and inorganic realms of matter. DNA will be investigated as the matrix of all life as we know it.

Suzanne Anker's Origins and Futures (2003), counterpoises pyrite minerals with images of embryos built by 3-D computer programs. This sculpture is based on the theories of A.G. Cairns-Smith proposal, that life on earth originated through the "genetic takeover" of crystals which allowed RNA to learn life's replication process. Suzanne Anker's work will be featured in the London based magazine Nature's 50th Anniversary issue. In addition, her forthcoming book The Molecular Gaze: Art in the Genetic Age, co-authored with sociologist of science Dorothy Nelkin will be published in the fall of 2003 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

Marcia Lyons' Liquid Fiction (2002-2003), a DVD painting plasma screen takes its cue from a computer program (written by the artist) which generates self-propagating growth forms reminiscent of crystal structures that never repeat. Lyons work randomly produces illusory compositions of "growing crystalline geometries." Ms. Lyons, an experimental media artist is the founder of MEDIARTSPACE.com, a live broadcast curatorial crossing of media art projects. She is a recipient of the Rome Prize and NEA awards and has exhibited widely in the US and Europe.

Rebecca Allen's The Bush's Soul (#3) is an interactive art installation that explores the role of human presence in a virtual world populated by artificial life. The world's inhabitants are brought to life through programs that define their personalities and behaviors. Complex social environments emerge from the interaction of simple behaviors. Ms. Allen is part of the UCLA design | media arts faculty and former member of MIT's Architecture Machine Group (now called MIT Media Lab). Her work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney, Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Ludwig Museum in Koln.

Pamela Bannos' work challenges the veracity of the photographic image through her manipulation of light. Her imagined events are sensuous, mysterious and suggestive of the underlying logic of evolution. In her work the lines between the biological and the physical are paradoxically reconfigured as she turns stardust into form. Formerly, she has collaborated with Farhad Zadeh, a radio astronomer, on an astronomy project that was funded by the Center for Interdisciplinary Research in the Arts at Northwestern University.

Susan Alexjander is a composer of new music. She has created Sequencia, a recording of original music derived from the molecular frequencies of DNA, in partnership with Dr. David Deamer, a biologist from UCSC noted for his breakthrough work on the origins of life. Raw data from the light absorption spectra of the four bases: adenine, cytosine, thymine, and guanine provided Å’tuning banks' for the music. Her work is internationally known and has been featured in The New York Times Science Section , Discovery Channel Magazine, Open Ear Magazine, IEEE Journal (Engineering and Biology), BBC Radio and CNN.

Image: Suzanne Anker, Origins and Futures (detail)

Hours: Tues-Sat, 11am - 6 pm

Universal Concepts Unlimited
507 West 24th Street
New York, NY 10011
1 212 727 7575

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