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24-hour time lapse digital micrographic video, English subtitles
Aseptic Requiem presents a new scientific protocol for the compassionate disposal of in vitro semi-living organisms. The 24-hour time lapse digital micrography shows repetitive looping of 11 compressed seconds of live NIH3T3 connective tissue cells successfully engaging with and performing vital functions on silk filaments in cell culture media. Silk was chosen for this experiment, as a biotextile scaffold material for cells, due to its natural indicators for cell differentiation.
The time lapse sequence was produced in August 2014, in collaboration with Guy Ben-Ary at CELLCentral, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, during an artist residency at SymbioticA International Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts. The French translation was co-produced by Anne-Marie Belley and Jasmine Colizza for Maison des arts de Laval, Quebec. Funding for the project was generously provided by the New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb), the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Concordia University, and numerous private donors.
Aseptic Requiem/ Requiem Aseptisé has been screened as part of Material/Immaterial, ARTLAAB, University of Western Australia; Biomateria + Contagious Matters, FOFA Gallery, Montreal; Function Keys (3) Conference of New Technology and Digital Culture, Hamilton, ON; Subtle Technologies Festival v.20's banner exhibition, Cultivars (Zach Pearl, curator) at InterAcess Gallery, Toronto; and L'art est vivant! (Anne-Marie Belley, curator) at Maison des arts de Laval and Centre d'exposition de Val-d'Or, Quebec.
