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X-WR-CALNAME:Public Performance: "America Project" by Paul Vanouse
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DESCRIPTION:The America Project is a live\, biological art installation cen
 tered around a process called “DNA gel electrophoresis\,” colloquially
  described as “DNA fingerprinting\,” a process which Paul Vanouse has 
 appropriated to produce recognizable images.  The project premiered at the
  Esther Klein Gallery\, Philadelphia\, on October 20\, 2016\, and received
  an Award of Distinction at Prix Ars Electronica\, Linz\, in 2017.\n\nVisi
 tors to the installation first encounter what might resemble a human-scale
  fountain or decanter\, which is actually a spittoon in which their donate
 d spit is collected. Entering the exhibition\, viewers are offered a one o
 unce cup of saline solution and asked to swish for thirty seconds. Their s
 ample is then deposited into the spittoon. During the installation\, Vanou
 se extracts the DNA from dozens of combined spit samples—containing chee
 k cells and the cells’ DNA—all mixed together.  The DNA is not individ
 uated nor retained\; it is processed as a whole to make iconic DNA fingerp
 rint images of power—including a crown and flag—which are visible as v
 ideo projections of the electrophoresis gels throughout the exhibition.\n\
 nPaul Vanouse is an artist working in Emerging Media forms. Radical interd
 isciplinarity and impassioned amateurism guide his practice. Since the ear
 ly 1990s his artwork has addressed complex issues raised by varied new tec
 hno-sciences using these very techno-sciences as a medium. His artworks ha
 ve included data collection devices that examine the ramifications of poll
 ing and categorization\, genetic experiments that undermine scientific con
 structions of race and identity\, and temporary organizations that playful
 ly critique institutionalization and corporatization. These “Operational
  Fictions” are hybrid entities–simultaneously real things and fanciful
  representations–intended to resonate in the equally hyper-real context 
 of the contemporary electronic landscape. See more of Paul's work at paulv
 anouse.com.\n\nVisit the opening performance of America Project in Bibliow
 icz Family Gallery in Milstein Hall on Sep 17\, 2022 at 4:30pm.\n\n2022 Co
 rnell Biennial\nSponsored by the Cornell Council for the Arts and curated 
 by Timothy Murray\, the 2022 Cornell Biennial "Futurities\, Uncertain" fea
 tures exhibitions\, installations\, and performances by 23 international a
 nd 17 Cornell-based artists. Free and open-to-the-public events will rotat
 e on the Cornell Ithaca campus and the Cornell Tech campus in New York Cit
 y from July through December 2022.\n\nAttend our Celebration Weekend from 
 Sep 15-17\, 2022 on the Cornell Ithaca campus. The full list of participan
 ts\, along with the calendar of 2022 Cornell Biennial events\, will be upd
 ated in real time at cca.cornell.edu/biennial.
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LOCATION:Milstein Hall\, Bibliowicz Family Gallery
SUMMARY:Public Performance: "America Project" by Paul Vanouse
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 roject_by_paul_vanouse
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CATEGORIES:Performance
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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