MicroCodex
+ Genetically modified organism
+ Bioreactor
+ LED-screen
In MicroCodex, micro-organisms found in the Silbersee - a toxic lake in the East-German town of Bitterfeld Wolfen - are genetically altered to carry a single sentence from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” This new history encoded into their DNA is passed from generation to generation. With every transfer, there is a chance of genetic mutation that might alter the sentence’s structure, meaning, or legibility. The words reimagined by the metabolism of this microorganism, and by the toxic water it inhabits.
+ Genetically modified organism
+ Bioreactor
+ LED-screen
In MicroCodex, micro-organisms found in the Silbersee - a toxic lake in the East-German town of Bitterfeld Wolfen - are genetically altered to carry a single sentence from Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself: “For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.” This new history encoded into their DNA is passed from generation to generation. With every transfer, there is a chance of genetic mutation that might alter the sentence’s structure, meaning, or legibility. The words reimagined by the metabolism of this microorganism, and by the toxic water it inhabits.
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