SymbioticA

Also known as Symbiotica, SARG, SymbioticA research group
Collaboration
  • Artist
An evolving collaborative Art/Science group comprising artists, technologists, computer programmers and scientists. It was established in 2000 at the School of Anatomy and Human Biology, University of Western Australia.
Tags: Science, Biological technologies, BEAP, Laboratory, Computer programming
contributor to
MEART - the semi living artist
Date
Medium
new media, tissue technologies, robotics, drawing, installation
Tags
Robotic arm, Neurons, Biological technologies, Science, SymbioticA
URL
http://www.iaaf.uwa.edu.au/smbunt/
 
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/

Created by the SymbioticA Research Group, Gil Wienberg (US) and Matt Richards (US) in collaboration with US scientists Steve M Potter, Tom DeMarse & Alexander Shkolnik. Installation project in which electric signals from the activity of cultured neurons are communicated to a robotic arm which makes a drawing. The first stage of this project was titled Fish & Chips (2001).

 
contributor to
Fish and Chips
Date
Medium
installation, tissue technologies, sound, robotics
Tags
Electrical, Biological technologies, Robotic arm, Installation
URL
http://www.iaaf.uwa.edu.au/smbunt/
 
http://www.fishandchips.uwa.edu.au/

Created by the SymbioticA research group in collaboration with US researchers Steve M Potter, Tom DeMarse and Alexander Shkolnik. Involved using the electrical activity of fish neurons to control a robotic arm which producing a drawing and sound. The installation consisted of a laboratory/studio style set-up, prototypes and project documentation. In 2002 this project evolved into the artwork 'Meart – the semi living artist’.

 
contributor to
The Semi-Living Worry Dolls
Date
Medium
degradable polymer, tissue culture
Tags
Organic, Tissue, Cells

7 'doll’ sculptures crafted from degradable polymers and surgical sutures. Sterilised and seeded with different kind of cells (skin, muscle and bone tissue), which cause the polymer to degrade as they grow (therefore the dolls constantly evolve). Tissue, Culture & Art Project in collaboration with SymbioticA and the Tissue Engineering and Organ Fabrication Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, USA.