The Lens conference is held as a conclusive event to the Lens project, funded by the EU for the Asia link program which aims at the development and diffusion design for sustainability in design institutions.
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==Outreach==
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The conference was held in Srishti School of Art Design and Technology this year and we set up an Art Science Bangalore exhibit
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We believe that human practice and outreach has more to it than filling out surveys and analyzing excel spreadsheets. We spent our time during IGEM trying to reach out locally to as many people as possible in the form of workshops, performances, handbooks, murals and graffiti.
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This year the conference was held in Bangalore hosted by Srishti. We were given an opportunity to set up an exhibit at the conference. We displayed our Jugaad Lab and a DNA cocktail stall where the guests were served cocktails made of their very own DNA. We also projected a C.elegans plate magnified by our handmade microscope.
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===Jugaad Lab===
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DIY microscopy workshops for school children
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The Jugaad lab is a genetic engineering lab built by Artists and Designers, to conduct genetic engineering experiments of their own. It consists of the basic equipments used for any experiment. (For example, a Sterile hood, an incubator, a centrifuge, a water bath)
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Further more, the lab is made out of locally available materials and is built by the students after a lot of research on their functioning and use.
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The idea was to find alternative ways of re-creating a lab setup that is cheap and functional. We achieved so at 1/3rd the price of an actual lab.
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We also realized that getting protocols for experiments was a big issue. So we created a react table that gives protocols and equipment information.
Get our C.Elegans + E.Coli comic book at the Jamboree!!
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Art/design workshop run by [http://www.daisyginsberg.com/ Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg] and [http://james-king.net/ James King] with [http://www.thedepartment.in/ Yashas Shetty] and the [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/People ArtScienceBangalore iGEM 2010] team
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James and Daisy joined us for two weeks to help our the team generate ideas for iGEM 2010. In these 2 week, we're explored the role of Art and Design in synthetic biology and iGEM, and tried to generate new ideas about what this contribution might be!
# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Wednesday_16th_June:_Welcome_to_iGEA_2010 Wednesday 16th June: Welcome to iGEA 2010]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Thursday_17th_June:_On_Tigers_and_Small_Disasters Thursday 17th June: On Tigers and Small Disasters]
# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Saturday_19th_June:_The_Guardian_of_Your_Genome Saturday 19th June: The Guardian of Your Genome]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Monday_21st_June_.28Daisy.27s_Birthday.29:_Synthetic_Mythologies Monday 21st June (Daisy's Birthday): Synthetic Mythologies]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Tuesday_22nd_June:_Myths_Are_Lies_That_Tell_The_Truth Tuesday 22nd June: Myths Are Lies That Tell The Truth]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Wednesday_23rd_June:_A_New_Myth Wednesday 23rd June: A New Myth]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Thursday_24th_June:_Playing_Gods Thursday 24th June: Playing Gods]
# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Tuesday_29th_June:_A_Critical_Stance Tuesday 29th June: A Critical Stance]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Wednesday_30th_June:_Thinking_about_Ecosystems Wednesday 30th June: Thinking about Ecosystems]
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# [http://hackteria.org/wiki/index.php/DesignWorkshop2010#Thursday_1st_July:_To_the_lab.21 Thursday 1st July: To the lab!]
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===PUBLIC INTERVENTION===
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Mock tails
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A public intervention was conducted, people were told that we hat we had created ‘’genetically’ engineered’’ mock tails (when they were just concoctions of juices and flavors.
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The idea was to document people’s reaction to the concept of genetic engineering. One comes up with his/her true feelings about an object when it is directly related to him or her, And what better than drinks?
Our famous [http://hackteria.org/wiki/images/a/a1/Handbook.pdf "Synthetic Biology for Artists and Designers Handbook"]
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The handbook is being reworked and a new updated copy should be available. Get your hands on one at the Jamboree!!!
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'''IGEA- The International Genetically Engineered Art Competition'''
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iGEM began in January of 2003 with a month-long course during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP).We hope our International Genetically Engineered Art Competition will spur artists and designers to engage with the same intensity as engineers. The first IGEA was held at Srishti and was organized by our advisors James, Daisy and Yashas.
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* Quite a few people didn’t have a problem consuming the genetically engineered drinks, they thought more or less everything in this modern world is engineered ‘’ even fruits are engineered dude’’.
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* Few were aware of what we were talking about.
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* Others were disgusted by the idea and taste of genetically engineered drinks.
We believe that human practice and outreach has more to it than filling out surveys and analyzing excel spreadsheets. We spent our time during IGEM trying to reach out locally to as many people as possible in the form of workshops, performances, handbooks, murals and graffiti.
Workshops.
DIY microscopy workshops for school children
DNA extraction parties
Comic Book
Get our C.Elegans + E.Coli comic book at the Jamboree!!
The handbook is being reworked and a new updated copy should be available. Get your hands on one at the Jamboree!!!
IGEA- The International Genetically Engineered Art Competition
iGEM began in January of 2003 with a month-long course during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP).We hope our International Genetically Engineered Art Competition will spur artists and designers to engage with the same intensity as engineers. The first IGEA was held at Srishti and was organized by our advisors James, Daisy and Yashas.
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