»Photosynthetic Me« 
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Vanessa Vozzo >
»Photosynthetic Me«, 2020 - 2022
Co-Workers & Funding:
concept and design_interactive and vr systemVanessa V
scientific design
Vincenzo Guarnieri
images
Andrea Macchia
production
Alessia Gervasone
in collaboration with
The Molecular Biotechnology Center (MBC) of Turin (IT)
Mara Brancaccio
Interface Culture – Kunstuniversität Linz
https://www.vanessav.net/projects/photosynthetic-me/
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Cinema 360°, video, documentary, interactive systems
Descriptions & Essays
Vanessa V(ozzo) 14-04-2022
Photosynthetic Me is a bioart, interactive and Immersive installation that emerges from a process-based experiment around the topic of becoming plant-like. In the project, a biotechnologist activates a photosynthetic system in a situation of altered evolution that can make Vanessa V self-sufficient for food and energy requirements and, eventually, a producer of energy (energy-autarkic system).
In the installation, the visitor jumps from being an observer to being a protagonist through an effective embodied narrative process.
Innovative technologies that allow techniques such as CRISPR bring up again the debate around genetics since it places us in front of new scientific possibilities that strongly affect important issues in our contemporary society.
Photosynthetic me deals with some ethical questions related to this debate: what if we could replace the diseased?parts of our DNA? What if we could?swap genes with other species,?becoming thin and motionless like leaves? Can I evolve in my imperfection? Is it really possible to be perfect?
Vanessa V(ozzo): Photosynthetic Me, 14-04-2022, in: Archive of Digital Art Photosynthetic Me is a bioart, interactive and Immersive installation that emerges from a process-based experiment around the topic of becoming plant-like. In the project, a biotechnologist activates a photosynthetic system in a situation of altered evolution that can make Vanessa V self-sufficient for food and energy requirements and, eventually, a producer of energy (energy-autarkic system).
In the installation, the visitor jumps from being an observer to being a protagonist through an effective embodied narrative process.
Innovative technologies that allow techniques such as CRISPR bring up again the debate around genetics since it places us in front of new scientific possibilities that strongly affect important issues in our contemporary society.
Photosynthetic me deals with some ethical questions related to this debate: what if we could replace the diseased?parts of our DNA? What if we could?swap genes with other species,?becoming thin and motionless like leaves? Can I evolve in my imperfection? Is it really possible to be perfect?
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