GENES AND
MAKEUP
Genes and Makeup provided eight young people
from East Brighton College of Media Arts with a digital video
training and production opportunity.
The project, which focused on the theme of genetics, was led by
artists Terry Taylor and Shona Illingworth and Geneticist, Robert
Whittle from the University of Sussex. Genes and Makeup aimed to
encourage its participants to think about the implications of the
then recently completed Human Genome Map in terms of their future
in the 21st Century.
Using genetic engineering to reduce famine in the third world,
contrasts strongly with the idea of making tomatoes in the western
world redder, juicier, with a longer shelf life. The possibility
of identifying genetic defects during pregnancy and being able
to rectify them instil a fear in us that we are condoning a new
form of eugenics. A series of debates and practical workshops
enabled participants to make short, creative, video works on the
theme of their future identity in this scientific age.
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THE
WORK
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on the students' names to see their work.
Evelyn
Dilly
James
Kelly
Ricky
McLean
Shelley
McNespie
Ashlee
Mitchell
James
Partridge
Jade
White
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