088764/Z/09/Z: Genetic Heirloom

Date:
c.2010
Reference:
WT/C/6/3/12
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Wellcome Trust Corporate Archive
  • Archives and manuscripts

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1x book "Genetic Heirloom", 3x A4 images with notes "Ventilation Dog", Dialysis Sheep" and 1x untitled (a glass sphere containing cogs), 3x A4 images "Genetic Heirloom 2010", 5x A4 images "Phantom Recorder 2010", "Electrocyte Appendix 2009 video still", "Life Support 2008" (x2), "Artificial Biological Clock 2008", 14x photo cards (untitled).

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c.2010

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Project Summary:This project will explore the social, ethical and familial questions that stem from genetic vulnerability, as scientific and nanotechnology developments alter the individual's power and responsibility; what are the implications of increased knowledge of genetic information on the perception of parental responsibility towards subsequent generations? By examining questions of genetic ancestry, by designing new artefacts around inheritance, based on the medical applications of nanogold particles - the new 'heirlooms'. "Genetic Heirloom" represents a parental responsibility, and functions as a tangible expression of a biological urge to care for the next generations, and secure the continuation of the line of descent.

Grant Holder:Miss Revital Cohen

Organisation:Royal College of Art

Financial Year:2008/2009

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