[spectre] Grow Your Own - Science Gallery Dublin Open Call

[Annick Bureaud]

Hi Spectrites!

Here the open call for the Science Gallery Dublin Open call.

Best
Annick

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Calling all synthetic biologists, bioartists, biodesigners, 
amateur biotechnologists and biohackers. Science Gallery is 
seeking proposals for projects for our upcoming flagship 
exhibition GROW YOUR OWN...

GROW YOUR OWN... is a curated, open call exhibition tackling 
provocative questions raised by synthetic biology. Curated 
by Paul Freemont (Imperial College), Anthony Dunne (Royal 
College of Art), Cathal Garvey, Daisy Ginsberg, and Michael 
John Gorman (Science Gallery), GROW YOUR OWN... offers 
audiences a participative experience to explore the 
possibilities and potential implications of synthetic 
biology, through an exhibition, events and workshops.

Deadline for applications is midnight, Sunday May 26th, 
2013. Full details and the online submission form can be 
found at: http://sciencegallery.com/growyourown

We are interested in works that offer a participative and 
interactive visitor experience for a broad age range of 
visitors, especially those aged 15-25. We seek projects that 
inform, intrigue, provoke dialogue and engage audiences 
about an unfamiliar, complex and far-reaching topic, move 
the public conversation about synthetic biology forward.

Tackling the sweeping discussion of synthetic biology that 
tends to focus on a biotech future of personalised medicine 
and cells that pump out fuel, GROW YOUR OWN... will explore 
the ambiguous issues raised by ‘designing’ biology too.

We are interested in receiving proposals on a wide variety 
of topics including:

     Broad themes such as living versus non-living, human 
culture versus nature, design versus evolution, the 
intentional design of nature
     Research areas in synthetic biology such as health, 
energy, environment, biocomputing, materials and agriculture 
or new/unusual themes that have not entered the debate yet
     Current research and challenges within synthetic biology
     The hype spectrum that swings from potential world 
saving utopia to global bio catastrophe
     Different processes and approaches with synthetic 
biology research, such as understanding and modeling living 
things and their processes at a molecular level, 
modification of existing organisms such as bacteria, the 
building of synthetic organisms that can carry out specific 
actions, the construction of novel organisms from the bottom up
     The potential impact of synthetic biology on everyday 
life, how it might look and feel
     Social and ethical concerns of synthetic biology such 
as bioterror, biosecurity, the dual-use dilemma, questions 
around the creation of synthetic life, governance, 
intellectual property and ownership, bioerror and 
intentional environmental release
     DIY biology
     Participatory experiments and workshops


GROW YOUR OWN... will run at Science Gallery from October 
2013 to January 2014.

The open call for projects closes at 12 midnight on May 26th 
2013. Full details: http://sciencegallery.com/growyourown

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