Last Sunday a lecture by bio-artist Oron Catts for Waag Society's KillerTV. Typical: when I arrived at the Waag building on my bike a couple of people already gathered in front of the door. Because they looked pretty hip I asked them if they were there for Catts' lecture. And indeed: they were. I locked my bike and opened the door. One of them said to me while climbing the stairs: 'by the way, I'm Oron..'. He's the guy with the facial hair above. Also present prof. dr. Robert Zwijnenberg, head of the Center for Arts and Genomics in Amsterdam and in the board of the Waag Foundation..
..Catts held a rather general lecture on the use of bio-engineering in arts and the issues involved. Later this week the video can be watch on www.killertv.nl..
..pretty much the complete bio-art community in the Netherlands was at the Waag, that by the way got a negative advise of the Arts Council of Amsterdam which means that there is a chance they will not get any municipal arts-money the next 4 years. Although the Waag is one of the few places where artists like Catts are welcome.
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