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Between the Lines DNA Sequencing
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Between the Lines DNA Data Storage Capsule
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Between the Lines DNA Ink
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Between the Lines Intervention
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Between the Lines Installation
Exhibition
Between the Lines
8 Dec 2021 – 14 Jan 2022
Regular hours
- Monday
- 12:00 – 14:00
- Tuesday
- 12:00 – 14:00
- Wednesday
- 12:00 – 14:00
- Thursday
- 12:00 – 14:00
- Friday
- 12:00 – 14:00
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Address
- Loughborough University
- Epinal Way
- Loughborough
England - LE11 3TU
- United Kingdom
Art and Science combine to convey the recent lived experiences of international students through DNA data storage.
About
Between the Lines is a creative intervention by digital artist Sarah Selby, which uses DNA data storage to draw attention to the lived experiences of international students studying in Higher Education institutions in the UK.
DNA data storage is an emerging technology that allows digital information to be encoded into synthetic (laboratory created) DNA. In the same way that we can store data on memory sticks or the cloud, DNA can also be used as a digital storage medium, with the digital data retrieved via DNA sequencing.
In this project, the digital data is the written testimonies of international students who have faced difficult immigration practices, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to Twist Bioscience, these testimonies have been encoded into synthetic DNA which has been embedded into writing ink and then inserted into pens to be distributed to UK Higher Education institutions.
