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epiSkin
epiSkin is a wearable sculpture that extends biological identity by combining technology and design into a new decorative body surface. This project is an exploration into the decorative technological control over biology to create an artifact which is a hybrid of both. Cultured in a lab, this biological sculpture is made of epithelia cells which grow to create an artificial skin. The cells are grown into custom designed forms, controlled by the artist. The cells are incubated for a period of time, following which they are stained with a custom dye. The skin is then visibly sealed into a wearable object. The process in creating these pieces includes human tissue culturing as well as computer generated form on which the cells are cultured and then transplanted into an adaptive object. The sculpture is worn on the body, completing the relationship of biological cells mediated by technology.
displayed at BapLab Show
displayed at ITP Winter Show
Marta wearing the first prototype
Lab Process
this is the structural form the cells are grow on.
cell growth media being prepared.
the sterile environment where cell preparation takes place.
More info can be seen here.
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