Adam W. Brown http://adamwbrown.net Evolution of the Isis Conceptual Laboratory Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:37:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 The Great Work of the Metal Lover http://adamwbrown.net/2013/05/15/the-great-work-of-the-metal-lover-2/ http://adamwbrown.net/2013/05/15/the-great-work-of-the-metal-lover-2/#comments Wed, 15 May 2013 18:19:55 +0000 brown293 http://adamwbrown.net/?p=786 View Project

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The Great Work of the Metal Lover receives honorary mention at Vida 14 Art & Artificial Life International Competition, Madrid, Spain.

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Making Gold.
OK Cyberarts 2012
Exhibition at Ars Electronica, 2012 Linz, Austria

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Great Work of the Metal Lover (SEM)

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Adam Brown and Robert Root-Bernstein – BIO:FICTION Vienna 2011 from bio-fiction on Vimeo.

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Combining methane, hydrogen, ammonia and water in the presence of an intermittent electrical discharge, his miniature world yielded amino acids, the building blocks of proteins. We have re-imagined his apparatus as a functional art installation to consider worlds Miller could not.  In this version, we test whether recreating the primordial sea along with the primordial atmosphere will yield not only amino acids, but nucleic acids, too – the building blocks of genetic information and sources of cellular energy.

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Observations:
pH and color change

While the early atmosphere simulated by Miller and Urey consisted of methane, ammonia, hydrogen and heated de-ionized water, subjected to electric sparks, Origins of Life: Experiment #1.4 now also integrates currently existing gases such as nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide to drive the reactions. The display also reflects the presence, today, of large oceans and thus contains seawater rich in sodium, chlorine, calcium, sulfur and potassium. It further includes minerals such as calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate, representing lime, calcite, marble and apatite. The outcomes are unpredictable – will unexpected molecules indeed be synthesized?

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Origins of Life: Experiment #1.4

synth-ethic presents art work related to Synthetic Biology: While artists increasingly use biotechnologies in order to manipulate living systems, the new field of Synthetic Biology aims at applying engineering principles to biology, so to not only modify but to build up “life” from scratch. In the exhibition synth-ethic, internationally reknown artists question this new technological dimension and the deriving ethical stance when life becomes synthetic. Their works explore the areas of tension between molecular biology and ecology, architecture and biochemistry, technology and nature, cybernetics and alchemy.

When:  synth-ethic opens its doors during the Bio:Fiction festival. The exhibition is open to the public from 14th of May to 26th of June 2011.

Where: synth-ethic is shown in Room 50 (2nd floor) of the Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria

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