ABOUT THE PROJECT
The expansive field of synthetic biology, or SynBio, has the power to transform our lives. As we redesign organisms to new ends and construct novel life forms, we confront deep questions about homo sapiens— the “wise human”— and our capacities for creation, destruction, recklessness, renewal, and hope. What forms of life are we choosing to cultivate? What will we nurture, and what might we leave behind? Who has agency in this moment of making, learning, and living with? Emergence invites the public to explore these questions together while being inspired by iconic bio artworks, lab-based discoveries and design solutions, and the provocations of a range of wildly creative thinkers. Emergence probes changing definitions of what is natural, synthetic, conscious, and essential to existence.
Emergence will open at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center and is among more than 70 exhibitions and programs to be presented as part of PST ART. Returning in September 2024 with its latest edition, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, this landmark regional event explores the intersections of art and science, both past and present. PST ART is presented by Getty.
Thank you PST ART; JACCC; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; and The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles for your support of Emergence.
About PST ART
PST ART is a groundbreaking cultural collaboration. Every five years, PST ART unites hundreds of artists around a single, electrifying theme at more than 70 exhibition spaces. While the theme is different each time, the heart of PST ART is always the distinctive cultural identity of Southern California, and the universal hunger for artistic and intellectual discovery. In a region famed for its films and theme parks, PST ART provides a different kind of gripping experience— and the most distinctively Southern Californian of all. www.pst.art
About Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
JACCC weaves Japanese and Japanese American arts and culture into the fabric of our communities. JACCC remains firmly rooted in Little Tokyo, providing a vital place to build connections between people and cultures, locally and internationally. Through inclusive programs and authentic experiences, we continue our living traditions and nurture the next generation of innovative artists, culture-bearers, and thinkers. Learn more at jaccc.org.
VISIT Emergence: Art from Life
October 8-December 15, 2024
Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4pm
George J. Doizaki Gallery and Community Gallery
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
244 San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Abrigo do Lagar Velho Long Bones, 1999/2024. In late 1998 a ceremoniously buried 4 year old child was discovered in Central Portugal. On analysis, the bone morphology indicated what at the time would become a controversial finding: that the child was of both early modern human and Neanderthal ancestry. Depicted are a set of the child’s bones, printed, taped and scanned. Courtesy Cidália Duarte et al, Michael Jones McKean
Still image of a human lacrimal gland organoid. Blue shows a cell nucleus. Red shows a tear protein called lipocalin 2 (LCN2). Green shows a water channel by which water is secreted by the gland. Photo credit: Dr. Marie Bannier Hélaouët, ©: 2021 Hubrecht Institute.
Pillars of Creation (digital sketch). Image credit: Henry Tan, ©: 2024 Henry Tan
Separating bioengineered yeast producing blue indigoidine dye using a centrifuge. Photo credit: Callie Chappell and Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong, ©: 2024 Callie Chappell and Nasa Sinnott-Armstrong
MEWE. We are the environment that grows the multiplanetary garden. Image credit: Ahmed Best, ©: 2024 AfroRithm Futures Group
Thumbnail image: Oron Catts in the Alkaline Hydrolysis chamber as part of the 3SDC project by Oron Catts and Ionat Zurr in collaboration with Steve Berrick. PS Art Space, Fremantle, Western Australia, 2022.
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