Scotland on Sunday profile

A couple of weeks ago, the Scotland on Sunday published a 4-page profile piece about my work. It was written by the awesome Anna Burnside, with whom I've been in dialogue about my research for a few years. It's a really lovely article and a real privilege to have given so much space to explain what I do. It's certainly the most in depth and personal examination of my background, motives and interests. Here's the link to the full piece. The portait was taken by an amazing photographer called Ian MacNicol, who turns out to be (we think) the only Scotland based photographer accredited at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Small world!

Strange Culture (2007)

Trailer [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikNO1ANHIQs 600 400]

Interview with Director & Steve Kurtz:

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gf8Dikl7zO8 600 400]

Yann Marussich performs 'Bleu Remix'

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVSPw1XrRK0 600 400] Taken at the FACT, Liverpool Sk-interfaces launch, part of its Human Futures programme.

Bioteknica - Vision 360 - 2007

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36FxOJwNwLE] APR 18/APR 23 Shawn Bailey and Jennifer Willet have dedicated themselves to mastering the techniques of tissue engineering. But they are not scientists. They are artists - and their art is raising profound and controversial questions.

Bailey and Willet are Canada's leading practitioners of "Bio Art," an emerging form that uses the tools of biology to create works of art. The goal is to draw attention to the field of biotechnology and its impact on society.

On its next edition, VisionTV's Gemini Award-nominated current affairs series 360 Vision takes a close look at the meaning and purpose of Bio Art, and the powerful reactions that it evokes.

Bioteknica: LiveLifeLab

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzJMZayASN8&feature=related 600 400] Vernissage at the FOFA Gallery at Concordia University (gallery director Lynn Beavis). BIOTEKNICA is a not-for-profit artist collective founded by Shawn Bailey and Jennifer Willet in 2000. Its purpose is to investigate critically the ethics, aesthetics, and technological potential for new art forms that lie at the intersection of the arts and the biological sciences

Stelar Prosthetic Head

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r0l-FMMn1E&feature=related 600 400]

ZeroOne :: Jennifer Willett and Oron Catts

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yaPVIM-g9U 600 400] Jennifer Willett and Oron Catts interviewed about their exhibit at ISEA2006 / ZeroOne San Jose in August 2006 to create Teratological Prototypes in collaboration with the Tissue Culture & Art Project.

Stelarc - The Body is Obsolete - Contemporary Arts Media (2007)

[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKEfJRe4uys&feature=related 600 400]

SK-interfaces, Liverpool

The launch exhibit of FACT's Human Futures programme was fantastic. Friends came up from London, Orlan was hanging around and we saw a wonderful performance by live artist, titled 'Blue Remix', which was the highlight of the evening.