Artwork

D.pulex (Daphnia pulex) is a well-studied model organism with a great eco-responsivity. Artist Nastassia’ Zenovich's installation D.pulex Black Box represents the D.pulex organism as a black box. It displays network data of genes expression of 21 profiles of D.pulex printed on separate transparent layers. Printed networks are transparent at room temperature, the visibility of the networks is controlled by the touch/proximity sensors of the installation. The installation explores system biology and bioinformatics as a science deeply based on collecting and studying big masses of very sensitive personal data.

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A collaboration between Nastassia Zenovich, Mauro Petrillo and Laura Gribaldo.

Nastassia Zenovich website.

More about the work on the artist’s website.