Ex Vivo

08.2023
  
From making the most literal self portraits to self-experimentation, learning to grow and modify my own cells has offered unique conceptual projects in both art & science.

Never discarding the cells grown in culture, I collected every flasks’ biomass until I had enough to glue together. Using meat glue, I obtained a sculptable putty like material.




   

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Culturing + Genetically Modifying Cells

Endometrial or fibroblasts cells that were harvested from menstral blood are cultured and experimented on. Here, they have been modified with the Lac-Z plasmid that results in a blue color change.


View open source collection and culturing protocol here.