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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.76,0:00:02.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a vending machine in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.66,0:00:05.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in a shopping mall, and it sells fish eggs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.79,0:00:09.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a caviar vending machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.75,0:00:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Art-o-mat,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.31,0:00:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an art vending machine that sells
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.87,0:00:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small artistic creations by different artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.44,0:00:16.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually on small wood blocks or matchboxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.64,0:00:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on limited edition.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.52,0:00:20.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Oliver Medvedik. He's not a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.55,0:00:22.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he is one of the founders of Genspace,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.43,0:00:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community biolab in Brooklyn, New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.71,0:00:26.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where anybody can go and take classes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.31,0:00:29.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn how to do things like\Ngrow e.coli that glows in the dark
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.08,0:00:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or learn how to take strawberry DNA.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.40,0:00:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I saw Oliver do one of these strawberry\NDNA extractions about a year ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.32,0:00:37.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what kind of led me into this bizarre path
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.24,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm going to talk to you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.98,0:00:40.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because strawberry DNA is really fascinating,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.79,0:00:42.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it's so beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.18,0:00:44.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never thought about DNA\Nbeing a beautiful thing before,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.55,0:00:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I saw it in this form.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.25,0:00:48.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of people, especially in the art community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.00,0:00:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't necessarily engage in science in this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.49,0:00:52.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I instantly joined Genspace after this,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.44,0:00:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked Oliver, "Well, if\Nwe can do this strawberries,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.34,0:00:56.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we do this with people as well?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.07,0:00:57.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about 10 minutes later, we were both
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.69,0:00:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spinning in vials together and coming up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.13,0:01:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a protocol for human DNA extraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.33,0:01:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started doing this on my own,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.56,0:01:05.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what my DNA actually looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.92,0:01:08.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was at a dinner party with\Nsome friends, some artists friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.01,0:01:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was telling them about this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.47,0:01:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they couldn't believe that\Nyou could actually see DNA.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.44,0:01:15.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said all right, let's get\Nout some supplies right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.69,0:01:17.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started having these bizarre dinner parties
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.43,0:01:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at my house on Friday nights
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.02,0:01:20.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people would come over
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.49,0:01:22.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would do DNA extractions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.20,0:01:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would actually capture them on video,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.02,0:01:27.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it created this kind of funny portrait as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.21,0:01:29.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.47,0:01:31.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people who don't necessarily regularly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.17,0:01:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engage with science whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.72,0:01:36.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can kind of tell from their reactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.86,0:01:38.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they became fascinated by it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.64,0:01:40.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was really exciting for me to see them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.22,0:01:41.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get excited about science.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.83,0:01:45.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I started doing this regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.63,0:01:47.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of an odd thing to\Ndo with your Friday nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.39,0:01:48.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is what I started doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.68,0:01:50.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started collecting a whole group
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.19,0:01:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my friends' DNA in small vials
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.09,0:01:53.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and categorizing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.39,0:01:54.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what that looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.55,0:01:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it started making me\Nthink about a couple of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.79,0:01:59.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, this looked a lot like my Facebook wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.41,0:02:02.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a way, I've created sort of a genetic network,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.04,0:02:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a genetic social network, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.83,0:02:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second thing was,\None time a friend came over
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.66,0:02:08.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looked at this on my table and was like, "Oh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.65,0:02:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are they numbered? Is this\Nperson more rare than the other one?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.30,0:02:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hadn't even thought about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.84,0:02:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were just numbered because that\Nwas the order that I extracted the DNA in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.76,0:02:18.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that made me think about collecting toys,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.98,0:02:20.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this thing that's going on right now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.67,0:02:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the toy world with blind box toys,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.58,0:02:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to collect these rare toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.52,0:02:27.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You buy these boxes. You're not sure\Nwhat's going to be inside of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.13,0:02:28.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, when you open them up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.60,0:02:30.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have different rarities of the toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.57,0:02:31.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I thought that was interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.76,0:02:34.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking about this and the caviar\Nvending machine and the Art-o-mat all together,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.56,0:02:38.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some reason, I was one\Nnight drawing a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.12,0:02:39.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about doing paintings of a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.94,0:02:41.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the little vial of my DNA was sitting there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.75,0:02:43.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw this kind of beautiful collaboration between
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.89,0:02:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the strands of DNA and the\Ncoils of a vending machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.82,0:02:48.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, of course, I decided\Nto create an art installation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.76,0:02:51.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the DNA Vending Machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.22,0:02:53.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:53.08,0:02:58.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.30,0:03:02.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DNA Vending Machine is an art installation\Nabout our increasing access to biotechnology.]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.70,0:03:11.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a sample
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.69,0:03:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human DNA from a traditional vending machine.]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.50,0:03:35.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Each sample comes packaged with a collectible
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.42,0:03:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limited edition portrait of the human specimen.]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.58,0:03:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[DNA Vending Machine treats DNA
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.40,0:03:47.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a collectible material and brings to light
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.49,0:03:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legal issues over the ownership of DNA.]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.32,0:03:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabriel Garcia-Colombo: So\Nthe DNA Vending Machine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.71,0:03:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is currently in a couple galleries in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.58,0:03:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's selling out pretty well, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.26,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the first edition of a hundred pieces,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.26,0:04:02.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to do another edition pretty soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.23,0:04:04.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd actually like to get it into more of a metro hub,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.26,0:04:06.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Grand Central or Penn Station,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.17,0:04:08.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right next to some of the actual vending machines
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.36,0:04:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that location.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:09.98,0:04:11.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really with this project\Nand a lot of my art projects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.77,0:04:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to ask the audience a question, and that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.68,0:04:15.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when biotechnology and DNA sequencing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.50,0:04:18.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes as cheap as, say, laser cutting or
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.52,0:04:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3D printing or buying caviar from a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.16,0:04:24.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will you still submit your sample of\NDNA to be part of the vending machine?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.95,0:04:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how much will these samples be worth?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.100,0:04:29.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And will you buy someone else's sample?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.37,0:04:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what will you be able to do with that sample?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.60,0:04:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.60,0:04:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)