Why would you give a cactus human hair? Orgrow wings for pigs? And as for redesigningthe butterfly. Artists are appropriating biotechnologyfortheirown ends. NewScientist tracked down three of them working in this wild new place: Laura Cinti, Oron Catts and Marta de Menezes.
Laura Cinti
Laura Cinti’s transgenic cactus has been shown at the University of Hertford, UK, and Fresh Art 2002 in London. She is researching interactive art at Goldsmith’s College London, and her next art project – c-lab – in collaboration with Howard Boland will begin online. She grew up in South Africa and lives in London.
Why a cactus…
