S.O.1 : Synthetic Organism

Watercolour, gouache, pencil and ink on cardboard.

We are synthesizing DNA to create the first synthetic organism, a prototype of artificial life. SO1 has no specific function, but once it is alive we can customize it. We can go back to the computer, change a gene and create another variant. New life forms are generated by simply entering a sequence of keys.
 

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/ɪnfəˈmeɪʃ(ə)n/

Vector Image.

An ordered sequence of symbols that can be interpreted as a message, the information of this pattern relates to the biological process of binary fission which is the subdivision of a cell into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts into separate cells.

Here the cells move downward in a chain, increasing complexity one unit at a time.

The cellular pattern maintains an order of inheritance from parent to offspring.

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