Wednesday, April 15, 2009

What?!? DNA Art

Ok seriously now - when did DNA become art? I was taking a look for a present at the MOMA shop and came across this:


Framed DNA Print
Adrian Salamunovic,
Nazim Ahmed, 2005

These prints are described as "A modern spin on the traditional personal portrait, a unique DNA genetic fingerprint" and are custom printed in your choice of one of nine different color palettes. I guess you buy a kit and swab the inside of your mouth to collect a saliva sample, which you send to a lab for processing. The result is an image of your DNA - cool but creepy. Really people? REALLY??!?

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