LIFE 2.0: Artifice to Synthesis :: Opening: April 6, 2011; 6:00 – 8:00 pm :: RiAus FutureSpace Gallery, The Science Exchange, Exchange Place, Adelaide.

LIFE 2.0 is a major new exhibition at Adelaide’s Science Exchange, investigating our changing notions of nature, technology and synthetic biology. Peek into the natural habitat of newly engineered organisms; Speculate on synthetic infections; Consider humane healing by transgenic animals; Prepare for intimate self-inspection; Crochet coral in creative communities; Be seduced by surreal femme fatales; and Contemplate cinematic scenarios of synthetic futures.

Curated for RiAus by Dr Melinda Rackham

Art Works by Revital Cohen, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Deborah Kelly, James King, Cambridge University iGEM Team 2009, and Richard Pell’s Centre for PostNatural History; with crafting of the RiAus Adelaide Reef led by Cherry Greenslade and highlights from the Bio:Fiction Science, Art & Film Festival.