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September 27, 2023 Open until 8 pm

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Workshop: Tissue Engineering | November 27, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. & November 28, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
This workshop is for artists and humanities practitioners.


Tissue engineering enables researchers to grow three-dimensional living tissues of varying sizes, shapes, and types. These technologies escape the biomedical research labs, as increasing numbers of commercial biological products enter free markets, creating a major influence on popular perceptions of life, death, body, self, and medical thinking. Due to this transition from scientific labs to popular culture, tissue engineering technologies have increasingly become an area for artistic engagement.

This two-day intensive workshop will introduce artists and humanities practitioners to basic principles of animal tissue culture and tissue engineering, as well as to its history in science and arts. For more information, contact Boris Oicherman (boris@umn.edu).

 

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Oron Catts | Biology on the Pedestal

The scientific knowledge of life expands at an enormous rate, and with it the public discussion of its implications. Stem cell research, bionics, genetic modifications—these topics transcend science and leave laboratories, enter culture and politics, and challenge our fundamental understanding of what it means to live and be human. The influence is mutual: politics and culture influence the science, whether directly via legislation and funding, or indirectly via public discourse and education. How can artists meaningfully engage in this enormously…

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Art and Health

Five figures kneel on a pink carpet in the galleries, inspecting and playing around with a number of tethers that Hiltner has constructed. At the center of the image, Hiltner is demonstrating how the device works.

Artists by nature are exploring the human condition and experience. Researchers conduct studies to improve human health. They seem unrelated at first glance. However, the parallel between scientific curiosity and artistic inquiry is meaningful. In the fall of 2018, artists and researchers embarked on a year-long residence program through a partnership between Boris Oicherman, Target Studio Curator for Creative Collaboration, and Dr. Timothy Schacker, the Vice Dean for Research at the University of Minnesota Medical School. Researchers often work so intensely in…

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Target Studio welcomes visitors to drop in, connect with community, and engage in creative exploration. The Studio offers a range of interactive activities and programs that add meaning, engagement, and complexity to museum exhibitions, creating arts experiences that encourage visitors to explore and interact with content on a deeper level. Activities include open studio art-making, workshops, demonstrations, discussions, film screenings and guided experiences with artists, curators, community members and interdisciplinary practitioners.  Open Studio September 2023  Open studio invites you to…

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