Dr. Mathee and Xavier Cortada will discuss their art-science collaboration featured in a 2010 show at the Frost Art Museum. Sequentia, the tile of the exhibit,references a series of actions Cortada set in motion to create of a unique strand of DNA. The artist worked with Mathee, a molecular biologist, to synthesize an actual DNA strand made from a sequence generated by museum visitors using Cortada’s art.
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3/5/2013 |
When: |
3/5/2013
2:00 PM |
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Florida International University
11200 SW 8th Street
Miami, Florida 33199
United States |
Contact: |
Xavier Cortada
xavier.cortada@fiu.edu |
Origins of Ideas and Ideas of Origins
Science, Art, & the Integration of Ideas
IDH 1002 – Spring 2013
The Honors College
Florida International University
Can the linking of science and the arts create new knowledge?
March 5: The Practice of Science-Art: Sequentia
Guest lectures: Xavier Cortada and Kalai Mathee
Dr. Mathee and Xavier Cortada will discuss their art-science collaboration featured in a 2010 show at the Frost Art Museum. Sequentia, the tile of the exhibit,references a series of actions Cortada set in motion to create of a unique strand of DNA. The artist worked with Mathee, a molecular biologist, to synthesize an actual DNA strand made from a sequence generated by museum visitors using Cortada’s art.