Art & Science
Ancestry is so much more than genetics. It’s culture, history, society, and politics. To reflect on this mesh of interwoven concepts, we called up art to serve as a go-between.
This interplay of art and science seeks to find shared points between culture, ethnography, biopolitics and genetic information. This raises complex and controversial questions: How do we think about diversity? What do genotypic or phenotypic differences say about us? How does ancestry tinker with the sense of identity?
Throughout the project, this multidisciplinary exploration will take on various forms, including the involvement of artists in the scientific process and discussion, putting together an exhibit, public engagement, and the development of educational and outreach materials.
Exhibit: A Journey Through Human Genetic Diversity
16 JANUARY – 30 APRIL
This exhibit recaps the voyage of Fernão de Magalhães and Juan Sebastián Elcano, from the perspective of the peoples’ genetics, population diversity and genetic heritage.
Inside Doctor Henry Jekyll’s Laboratory
Telling genetic stories through drawing
16 JANUARY | 14-17H
This drawing workshop will turn participants into detectives who, focusing on a lab and a scientist, will reenact an improbable story.
Call for Drawing
Genetics & Identity
This is a call for artists interested in a collaborative exploration of genetics and identity. The selected artists will attend an ancestry genetic test workshop with researchers and then explore these topics through drawing.