Boedi WIDJAJA Immortal Words

BOEDI WIDJAJA 黄晨晗

2024

Synthetic DNA in micro vials, gachapon machines, videos on monitor screens, vial trays, lab reports, acrylic sheets, jerry cans and steel racks.

Edition of 2 + 1AP

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The project presents bioart backed by NFT autheneticity certificate dispensed through gachapon machines, playfully illustrating the intricate connections between art and science.

In consultation with geneticist Assoc. Prof. Eric Yap, Boedi Widjaja materialises - info DNA molecules - ultra-conserved words believed to have survived for 15,000 years since the last Ice Age. The gachapon machines dispense ultra-conserved words in Southeast Asian languages - Ashes, Black, Fire, to Flow, to Give, Hand, Mother, Old, to Pull, to Spit, Worm - in micro vials of DNA suspensions for visitors to take home.

Detail pictures:

Synthetic DNA in vials on vial trays, with lab reports and acrylic cutouts on steel racks