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=== '''May 15th''' ===
 
=== '''May 15th''' ===
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This was the day we officially started working on our iGEM 2009 project.
  
-We discussed two Claire Pentacost Readings-[http://www.clairepentecost.org/beyond_face.htm Beyond Face ] and [http://www.clairepentecost.org/lab%20of%20symbolic_text.htm Critical Inventory of BioArt ].
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This week was solely reserved for introducing us to the unfamiliar territory of what we were getting into.
-The gist of the Pentacost readings were that artists work with the symbolic and that the Artist's consent to work and learn in public is important.
 
-We also discussed the political and cultural implications of Scientific Authority.
 
-We also looked at Tuur Van Balen's [http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/projects/urbanbiogeography Urban Geography project]
 
-Most of the Ideas[see above] today, dealt with the use of bacteria as
 
  -a) A sensor or Reactor - (to Inputs,emotions,light..etc)
 
  -b) A Producer (of energy, proteins..etc)
 
    -c) A Material
 
  
-Is there Any way in which we can look at Bacteria from a purely non-symbiotic / non-anthropomorphic viewpoint?
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We discussed two 'Claire Pentacost' Readings-
-Can we use our technological "progress" to give a non-selfish gift back to our ecological siblings?
 
  
-Replace financial transactions with Bacteria
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'''Beyond Face:'''
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[http://www.clairepentecost.org/beyond_face.htm Beyond Face ]
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'''Critical Inventory of BioArt:'''
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[http://www.clairepentecost.org/lab%20of%20symbolic_text.htm Critical Inventory of BioArt ].
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'''The gist of these readings:'''
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Artists work with the symbolic.The artist's consent to work and learn in public is important.
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We discussed the political and cultural implications of Scientific Authority.
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We also looked at Tuur Van Balen's :
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'''The Urban Geography Project:'''
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[http://www.tuurvanbalen.com/projects/urbanbiogeography Urban Geography project]
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Most of the ideas today, dealt with the use of bacteria as:
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a) A sensor or Reactor - (to inputs,emotions,light etc)
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b) A Producer (of energy, proteins etc)
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c) A Material
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-Is there any way in which we can look at bacteria from a purely non-symbiotic / non-anthropomorphic viewpoint?
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-Can we use our technological "progress" to give a non-selfish gift back to our ecological siblings?
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-Can we replace financial transactions with Bacteria?
  
 
=== '''May 16th''' ===
 
=== '''May 16th''' ===
  
Here's some creatures we created using techno-scientific jargon and aesthetics:
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We asked ourselves to think of our own theoritical bacteria and represent it on paper.
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Here are some creatures we created using techno-scientific jargon and aesthetics:
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
File:Non-standard_registry_of_names.jpg|IUpasana's Non Standard Regisitry of Names
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File:Non-standard_registry_of_names.jpg|Upasana's 'Non Standard Registry of Names'
 
File:Upasana.jpg|Upasana's Ideas
 
File:Upasana.jpg|Upasana's Ideas
File:Bacteria_own.jpg|Neha's ''Materialistica Destructica''
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File:Bacteria_own.jpg|Neha's 'Materialistica Destructica'
 
File:DOC160509-16052009101732_Page_07.jpg|Neha's Graph
 
File:DOC160509-16052009101732_Page_07.jpg|Neha's Graph
File:Page_1.jpg| Avni's ''actinodopaine''
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File:Page_1.jpg| Avni's ''Actinodopaine''
File:Description_of_the_Amebitoni_Bacteria.png|Amebitoni_Bacteria
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File:Description_of_the_Amebitoni_Bacteria.png|Sandeep's 'Amebitoni Bacteria'
File:2.jpg|Immuno Bacteria
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File:2.jpg|Krupakar's 'Immuno Bacteria'
File:Sanya1.jpg|Plastico Collecticus
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File:Sanya1.jpg|Sanya's 'Plastico Collecticus'
File:bactiprint.jpg|Id bacteria-Akash
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File:bactiprint.jpg|Akash's 'ID bacteria'
File:bacteria.jpg|
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File:bacteria.jpg|Nikhil's ideas
 
</gallery>
 
</gallery>
  
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'''Today's Readings:'''
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'''Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generation''':
  
Today's reading was called [http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/essay.php?id=30 Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generation] by Donna Haraway.
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[http://www.patriciapiccinini.net/essay.php?id=30 Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generation]  
  
 
-The article is primarily a review of the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini's work and a recapitulation of Haraway's philosophies .  
 
-The article is primarily a review of the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini's work and a recapitulation of Haraway's philosophies .  
  
-One of the things enduring about the reading was her appeal to "love" our creations, not in a tech.no- phillic sense but in a more nurturing and caring way.
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-One of the things enduring about the reading was her appeal to "love" our creations, not in a techno- phillic sense but in a more nurturing and caring way.
  
 
=== '''May 17th''' ===
 
=== '''May 17th''' ===
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We looked up some hybrid creatures from mythology to expand the scope of our imagination.
  
 
'''Hybrid Creatures From Mythology:'''
 
'''Hybrid Creatures From Mythology:'''
 
[[Gallery]]
 
[[Gallery]]
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'''Notes From NCBS:'''
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*[[The May 17th Notebook]]
 
*[[The May 17th Notebook]]
  
 
=== '''May 19th''' ===
 
=== '''May 19th''' ===
  
We spent the day in NCBS picking up some standard biological techniques-Gel electrophoresis
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We spent the day in NCBS picking up some standard biological techniques such as 'Gel Electrophoresis' and looking at some of the microscopy equipment at NCBS.
And looking at some of the microscopy equipment at NCBS.
 
  
 
*[[Mukund's Brief Overview on Synthetic Biology Basics]]
 
*[[Mukund's Brief Overview on Synthetic Biology Basics]]
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=== '''May 21st''' ===
 
=== '''May 21st''' ===
  
We put down all the information that we had about learnt about geosmin. We then put down the various paths we could take in order to produce the results we wanted. This exercise cleared certain doubts we had, but also raised a lot of questions.
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We put down all the information that we had about learnt about geosmin. We then put down the various paths we could take in order to produce the results we wanted.
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This gave us a dummy model of how we could achieve the final result.
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We divided ourselves into two groups and came up with '''two distinct approaches''' of representing the same model.This exercise cleared certain doubts we had, but also raised a lot of questions.
  
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>

Latest revision as of 08:04, 24 June 2009

May 15th

This was the day we officially started working on our iGEM 2009 project.

This week was solely reserved for introducing us to the unfamiliar territory of what we were getting into.

We discussed two 'Claire Pentacost' Readings-

Beyond Face:

Beyond Face

Critical Inventory of BioArt:

Critical Inventory of BioArt .

The gist of these readings:

Artists work with the symbolic.The artist's consent to work and learn in public is important.

We discussed the political and cultural implications of Scientific Authority. We also looked at Tuur Van Balen's :

The Urban Geography Project:

Urban Geography project

Most of the ideas today, dealt with the use of bacteria as:

a) A sensor or Reactor - (to inputs,emotions,light etc)

b) A Producer (of energy, proteins etc)

c) A Material

-Is there any way in which we can look at bacteria from a purely non-symbiotic / non-anthropomorphic viewpoint?
-Can we use our technological "progress" to give a non-selfish gift back to our ecological siblings?
-Can we replace financial transactions with Bacteria?

May 16th

We asked ourselves to think of our own theoritical bacteria and represent it on paper.

Here are some creatures we created using techno-scientific jargon and aesthetics:

Today's Readings:

Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generation:

Speculative Fabulations for Technoculture's Generation 

-The article is primarily a review of the Australian artist Patricia Piccinini's work and a recapitulation of Haraway's philosophies .

-One of the things enduring about the reading was her appeal to "love" our creations, not in a techno- phillic sense but in a more nurturing and caring way.

May 17th

We looked up some hybrid creatures from mythology to expand the scope of our imagination.

Hybrid Creatures From Mythology: Gallery

Notes From NCBS:

May 19th

We spent the day in NCBS picking up some standard biological techniques such as 'Gel Electrophoresis' and looking at some of the microscopy equipment at NCBS.


Some Images Of Our Day

Non-categorised images here

May 21st

We put down all the information that we had about learnt about geosmin. We then put down the various paths we could take in order to produce the results we wanted. This gave us a dummy model of how we could achieve the final result.

We divided ourselves into two groups and came up with two distinct approaches of representing the same model.This exercise cleared certain doubts we had, but also raised a lot of questions.

First Prototype of the Bacteria