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.
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