MicroCodex [edition]
+ Synthetic DNA suspended in glycerin
+ Modified glass medical ampoule
+ Lasercut aluminum
This edition of the MicroCodex contains the original synthetic DNA sequence designed for the project. The unmutated sentence of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself - “for every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you” - translated into the ATCG coding of DNA. In MicroCodex, this synthetic DNA was embedded within microbes from the East-German Silbersee, living in a closed life-support system, mutating the words in ever new poetic forms. This edition sees the source code of the project suspended in glycerin - a preserved reference point against which future mutations are measured.
+ Synthetic DNA suspended in glycerin
+ Modified glass medical ampoule
+ Lasercut aluminum
This edition of the MicroCodex contains the original synthetic DNA sequence designed for the project. The unmutated sentence of Walt Whitman’s Song of Myself - “for every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you” - translated into the ATCG coding of DNA. In MicroCodex, this synthetic DNA was embedded within microbes from the East-German Silbersee, living in a closed life-support system, mutating the words in ever new poetic forms. This edition sees the source code of the project suspended in glycerin - a preserved reference point against which future mutations are measured.
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