Paul Vanouse
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PAUL VANOUSE
In the project Vanouse developed in SymbioticA: Latent Figure Protocol, he utilized DNA sequencing technologies to create representational images in which there is a tension between that which is portrayed/represented and the DNA materials used to generate it. Not simply images of a sequence of DNA in a gel (like a DNA fingerprint), but rather DNA sequences in a gel specifically chosen to create a quasi-photographic representation of another subject. For instance, using a 16-lane electrophoresis gel, it is possible to generate an iconic image by treating each lane as a row of pixels analogous to how early computer images were built using ascii characters. Inserting DNA of known sizes into the beginning slot of each lane allows for a sequence of DNA bands in each lane to migrate at different speeds when voltage is applied, thus creating a 2-dimensional grid of DNA bands resembling a low-resolution bitmap image.
Vanouse worked in collaboration with microbiologist Dr. Susan Barker, Senior Lecturer, School of Plant Biology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
3 month residency supported by New York State Council on the Arts and Creative Capital Foundation. |