| Latent Figure Protocol, Paul Vanouse, 2007-09 | Vanouse projects |
INTRO CONCEPT TECH + SCIENTIFIC VIDEO DOCU CREDITS
| Latent Figure Protocol, Paul Vanouse, 2007-09 | Vanouse projects |
| (1) Latent Figure Protocol. Figure was produced with the DNA of bacterial plasmid pET-11a. Enzymes used to process the DNA are listed in each column. Image produced January 11, 2007. | (2) Latent Figure Protocol. Figure was produced with the DNA of bacterial plasmid pET-11a. Enzymes used to process the DNA are listed in each column. Image produced December 06, 2006. |
| Latent Figure Protocol takes the form of a media installation that uses DNA samples to create emergent representational images. The installation includes a live science experiment, the result of which is videotaped and repeated for the duration of the gallery exhibit. Employing a reactive gel and electrical current, Latent Figure Protocol produces images that relate directly to the DNA samples used. The above images were re-produced live. Each performance lasts approximately one hour, during which time audience members see the image slowly emerge. |
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| (3) Human Nature II: Future Worlds, SoFA gallery. University of Indiana, Feb 9, 2007. Performance title: "Tween Terror and Trademark". | (3b) ARS Electronica 2007, OK Center, Linz, Austria. Performance still: explaining DNA imaging process. |
| In the first experiment, a copyright symbol is derived from the DNA of an industrially-produced organism (a plasmid called “pET-11a”), illuminating ethical questions around the changing status of organic life and the ownership of living organisms. Future instances of the LFP will use the DNA of other subjects and create other images. |
| (4) Discussion with audience at Human Nature II (see above). | (5) Latent Figure Protocol. Installation at CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, 2008. |