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SUMMARY:"Sequentia\," a solo exhibit at the Frost Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:10/13/2010 to 1/2/2011\n\n\nWhen:\nOctober 13th\, 2010 – January 2nd\, 2011\n\n\nWhere:\nPatricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum\nFlorida International University\n10975 SW 17th Street\nMiami\, Florida  33199\n\n\nContact:\nCarol Damian\, Director and Chief Curator\ndamianc@fiu.edu\n\n\n\n \n \nSequentia \nXavier Cortada’s solo exhibit at the Frost Art Museum explores the sequence of events that make up life on the planet from the molecular to the monumental. \nThe title of the exhibit also references a series of actions Cortada will set in motion to create of a unique strand of DNA. The artist will work with a molecular biologist to synthesize an actual DNA strand made from a sequence generated by museum visitors using Cortada’s art. \nIn The Four Nucleotides\, the artist creates large scale “portraits” of Adenine\, Cytosine\, Guanine and Thymine– the four bases of a DNA strand that summarize all we are\, were and will be. \n \nXavier Cortada\, “(The Four Nucleotides:) Thymine\,”\noil on canvas\, 60″ x 48″\, 2010. \n \nXavier Cortada\, “(The Four Nucleotides:) Adenine\,”\nacrylic on canvas\, 60″ x 72″\, 2010. \n \n  \nParticipatory Installation \nIn Genetic Sequence\, the artist invites museum visitors to randomly select a post card depicting one of Cortada’s four Nucleotide paintings and place them sequentially within small plastic bags hanging in a grid on a wall. \nIn placing the nucleotide postcards\, the visitors will assist in the development of a DNA strand as part of a participatory installation. \nabove: screen grabs courtesy of wetheat.tv \n\n  \nLabARTory Sessions \nTwo weeks into the exhibit\, the artist will engage in a series of LabARTory Sessions with Dr. Kalai Mathee\, FIU Department of Molecular Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Founding Chair. \nIn her lab\, Cortada will determine if the random sequence being generated by the participatory art project exists anywhere in the human genome. \n \nDuring these performative sessions\, Cortada will use the sequence to create a live DNA strand\, insert (clone) it into a vector (plasmid) and propogate it in a bacteria on a Petri dish. \nThe presence of the specific DNA strand will also be analyzed using agarose gel electrophoresis\, sequenced and analyzed against other existing DNA sequences. \nAs they become available\, the results will be exhibited in the museum alongside the petri dish and a microfuge tube filled with the amplified DNA molecule. \n \n \nAbove: Xavier Cortada\, “(The Four Nucleotides:) Guanine\,” acrylic on canvas\, 60″ x 72″\, 2010. \n  \nResults\n \nTCTAATACAATCCCTACGTGACTGTGTATAAATGTGAAAGCTATATTAATGTCGCAGCTAGTCTCATAAAAGATTCCTACAACGCGACGGATCTATACCTATGCCATAGTCCCAGCTTTTACTTATTCTCACAATTTTACATTTTTGGGCCAACAGGACCGTCCTCATGCTTACCATATTCCTTCAGCTTAATATAGCTGATCTCTACACTCAAACCACCTCGTGTGCTGGTCTCGAGAGTTGCCCTTACCCGAGGCTTGGTGTACTGGGTGTAAGTAAAAGTTGGATAGGCCCGTCCTTGGAGACGTCGAACTAATTTTGAGAGCGCATCTGCTTCCATACTTGTATCCCTGTTGTCCTTCGGCACACGTGGAACTGACTTGCCTCAAAAAGGGTAACA \n\nWas the random sequence (above) generated by the participatory art project similar to a DNA sequence found anywhere in the human genome? \nYes!  A portion of the sequence was similar to the portion of human Chromosome 3 which encodes for proteins that direct the navigation of axons in human neurons! \nOn November 10th\, 2010\, using the participants’ sequence\, Cortada synthesized the 400-nucleotide DNA molecule and named it “Sequentia.” \n \nXavier Cortada\, “(The Four Nucleotides:) Cytosine\,” oil on canvas\, 60″ x 48″\, 2010.
URL:https://cortada.com/event/sequentiaatfrost/
LOCATION:Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum\, 10975 SW 17th St\, Miami\, FL\, 33199
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