vendredi 29 février 2008

regenerative medecine

http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/142

Very interesting link from David. Have a look at it if you have a 20 min.It's about the body regenerating itself (to ill).

jeudi 28 février 2008

Lancement de livre: Ollivier Dyens

Ce soir 17hrs
Ev-725 (1515 rue st-cath ouest)
Concordia

lancement de : La condition inhumaine

dimanche 17 février 2008

Of Molecules and Matter

Of Molecules and Matter is a fascinating essay by Sandra Seekins on the promises and perils of biotech art.

vendredi 15 février 2008

nouveau site web!

allez-voir le site web!
il y aura bientôt un forum pour discuter de questions d'actualité.


www.transhumain.net

vendredi 8 février 2008

embryo from 3 parents


http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7227861.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7227861.stm

mercredi 6 février 2008

FEB. 7 WITH DAVID WILSON.

THE DEFIANT IMAGINATION SERIES CONTINUES ON FEB. 7 WITH DAVID WILSON.

Event: Talk by Visiting Artist David Wilson entitled The Museum of Jurassic Technology, presented by Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts

Date: Thursday, February 7

Time: 6 p.m.

Location: D.B. Clarke Theatre, Concordia University, 1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd. West

Cost: Free admission. No reservations required. Everyone welcome.

Info: 514-848-2424 ext. 4261 or http://finearts.concordia.ca


BACKGROUND:

This is the second lecture of THE DEFIANT IMAGINATION LECTURE SERIES 2008, presented by Concordia University’s Faculty of Fine Arts. This dynamic lecture series brings together innovators of the critical imagination to explore the role of art in contemporary society.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Los Angeles, California is a museum like no other. A cross between a genuine museum, a wunderkammer (cabinet of wonders) and a performance art piece, it challenges the role of museum and archival practice, blurring boundaries between the real and the unreal.

David Wilson, its director and founder and recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant (2003), has dedicated himself to the advancement of knowledge and public appreciation of the lower Jurassic. Wilson’s extraordinary collection of specimens, which includes spore-inhaling ants, x-ray bats, stink ants, human horns, peach-pit carvings and his novel theories of oblivion, are among the many marvels of Museum of Jurassic Technology. Currently, the museum and its director are the subject of a book by Lawrence Weschler entitled Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder.

The Defiant Imagination series will close with its final artist’s talk on February 27 featuring Carol Becker, incoming Dean of The School of the Arts at Columbia University in New York, whose talk is entitled What We Do: Values Implicit in Schools of Art and Design. (Note: DATE CHANGE FROM PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE OF FEB. 28).


PLEASE NOTE: For those of you who missed the first lecture on Jan. 23, featuring Theo Jansen and his Strandbeest, a video of his talk has been posted at: http://news.concordia.ca/main_story/012174.shtml

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Ann Tanner-McDonald, APR
Communications Advisor
Faculty of Fine Arts
Concordia University
Tel 514-848-2424 ext. 2867
Ann.Tanner-McDonald@concordia.ca
Fax 514-848-4599