Going Viral: Live performance and documentation in the science laboratory

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Notes

¹In this article I focus specifically on the official scientific laboratory situated in the university context. It should be noted that performances in the lab may be intended for intimate audiences or none at all. Artists such as Kira O'Reilly and Adam Zaretsky and many others have created performances in such official labs. As well, many artists and amateur enthusiasts are generating DIY science experiments in garages, art galleries and various university programs challenging the exclusivity of more official lab sites.

² Living Viral Tattoos (2008) was done in collaboration with Dr Ionat Zurr, Dr Stuart Hodgetts, Maria Grade Godinho, Dr Jill Muhling and Oron Catts, with support from Guy Ben-Ary and Dr Steve Parkinson. The project is supported by SymbioticA. The Centre for Excellence in Biological Art in the School of Anatomy and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia, Concordia University, The Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), The Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) and Le Centre interuniversitaire des arts médiatiques (CIAM).