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Be The Media! Two Day Workshop with Paul Vanouse: North Troy Subject Inversion – PCR by Campfire, 10/19/13 – 10/20/13
October 19, 2013 @ 1:00 pm – 8:00 pm EDT
Join the Sanctuary for a two-day Be The Media! workshop with Bio-Artist Paul Vanouse. Polymerase Chain Reaction is a technology of “self-discovery,” or less optimistically, authoritarian identification. CR has replaced the original DNA fingerprinting methods in many cases, including massive government DNA databases such as the US FBI’s CODIS project. With a DIY Laboratory created in the Sanctuary cafe, artist Vanouse will guide participants through the process of DNA extraction, amplification, and photography. We’ll learn the processes of how the criminal justice manipulates these techniques, and how misinformation in popular culture about DNA fingerprinting endangers personal privacy and criminalizes people of color and low-income populations. Participants who participate in the full process will receive a free t-shirt with their DNA profile!
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