RNA Genomixer by Stanza

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Stanza
Stanza is a UK based artist who specialises in net art, multimedia, and electronic music. He works across a variety of formats, from the web to CDROM and gallery installation. Stanza is interested in engaging the viewer as a creative user. He creates participatory digital artworks that invite viewers to guide data flows or to simply observe self-generating compositions. His digital paintings utilise abstract and iconic patterns. Interactive and visually appealing, works like genomixer also have distinctive conceptual themes.

Stanza's work has appeared in over 80 exhibitions around the world, including at prestigious festivals such as Sonar in Barcelona, Spain, the Sao Paulo Bienale in Brasil, Siggraph in the USA, Video Lisboa in Portugal, Cybersonica at the ICA in London, the International Symposium for Electronic Art (ISEA2002 ) in Japan, the Moscow International Film Festival in Russia, the Media Terra festival in Greece and Transmediale in Berlin, Germany.

He has received support from NESTA, the DTI and Future Physical. He has also received many prizes for his work, including Vidalife 6.0 first prize in Spain, 2003 ; the New Forms Net Art Prize in Canada, 2003; the Fluxus Online first prize in Brasil, 2002 and the SeNef Online Grand Prix in Korea, 2002.

Genomixer RNA

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Development Date: 2003
Tips: Load RNA and watch and listen as it evolves

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RNA is an audiovisual artwork inspired by the human genome sequence. For this extraordinary piece, UK based artist, Stanza, extracted his own blood to obtain a sample of DNA. He then used his genetic code to construct visual and auditory patterns. Instead of using a traditional scoring system, RNA uses a biological system to visualise a sound composition. Though originating from the viscera of the human body, RNA can only be experienced in the digital domain of the internet. It is seductive, multi-sensory, non-linear and interactive.

RNA is part of a larger series of online works, which also include junker , geno , genomixer , and mutator . These works enable online visitors to intermix or breed their own works, using visual and sonic interpretations of DNA sequences. Users can look at audio-visual representations of chromosomes, and create their own variables. Unique amongst the works in Dots & Lines , RNA positions genetic code as notation, DNA as musical score.