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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.39,0:00:02.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a vending machine in Los Angeles.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.55,0:00:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's in a shopping mall, and it sells fish eggs.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.48,0:00:09.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a caviar vending machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.13,0:00:10.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the Art-o-mat,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.73,0:00:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,an art vending machine that sells
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.32,0:00:14.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,small artistic creations by different artists,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.09,0:00:16.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,usually on small wood blocks or matchboxes,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:16.26,0:00:18.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in limited edition.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.23,0:00:20.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Oliver Medvedik. He's not a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.32,0:00:22.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he is one of the founders of Genspace,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.70,0:00:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a community biolab in Brooklyn, New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:24.71,0:00:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where anybody can go and take classes
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.90,0:00:29.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and learn how to do things like\Ngrow E. coli that glows in the dark
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.15,0:00:31.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or learn how to take strawberry DNA.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.57,0:00:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, I saw Oliver do one of these strawberry\NDNA extractions about a year ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.15,0:00:37.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what led me onto this bizarre path
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.25,0:00:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I'm going to talk to you right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.98,0:00:42.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because strawberry DNA is really \Nfascinating, because it's so beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.03,0:00:44.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd never thought about DNA\Nbeing a beautiful thing before,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.26,0:00:45.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before I saw it in this form.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.97,0:00:47.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And a lot of people, especially in the art community,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.93,0:00:50.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't necessarily engage in science in this way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.06,0:00:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I instantly joined Genspace after this,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.15,0:00:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I asked Oliver, "Well, if\Nwe can do this strawberries,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.12,0:00:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can we do this with people as well?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.66,0:00:57.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And about 10 minutes later, we were both
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.07,0:00:58.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spinning it in vials together and coming up
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.59,0:01:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with a protocol for human DNA extraction.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.33,0:01:03.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started doing this on my own,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.42,0:01:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what my DNA actually looks like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.70,0:01:07.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was at a dinner party with\Nsome friends, some artist friends,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.91,0:01:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was telling them about this project,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.15,0:01:13.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they couldn't believe that\Nyou could actually see DNA.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.25,0:01:15.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I said, all right, let's get\Nout some supplies right now.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.58,0:01:18.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I started having these bizarre dinner \Nparties at my house on Friday nights
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.68,0:01:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where people would come over
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.17,0:01:22.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we would do DNA extractions,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.01,0:01:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I would actually capture them on video,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.48,0:01:26.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because it created this kind of funny portrait as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.81,0:01:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter)
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.76,0:01:30.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are people who don't necessarily regularly
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.89,0:01:32.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,engage with science whatsoever.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.64,0:01:36.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can kind of tell from their reactions.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.45,0:01:38.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But they became fascinated by it,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.07,0:01:39.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it was really exciting for me to see them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.76,0:01:41.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get excited about science.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.59,0:01:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I started doing this regularly.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.14,0:01:46.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's kind of an odd thing to\Ndo with your Friday nights,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.86,0:01:48.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is what I started doing,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.20,0:01:49.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I started collecting a whole group
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.52,0:01:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of my friends' DNA in small vials
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.70,0:01:52.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and categorizing them.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.97,0:01:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what that looked like.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.38,0:01:56.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it started to make me\Nthink about a couple of things.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:56.55,0:01:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,First of all, this looked a lot like my Facebook wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.15,0:02:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in a way, I've created sort of a genetic network,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.79,0:02:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a genetic social network, really.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.34,0:02:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the second thing was,\None time a friend came over
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.32,0:02:08.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looked at this on my table and was like, "Oh.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.39,0:02:11.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why are they numbered? Is this\Nperson more rare than the other one?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.68,0:02:13.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I hadn't even thought about that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.47,0:02:16.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were just numbered because that\Nwas the order that I extracted the DNA in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.44,0:02:18.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But that made me think about collecting toys,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.77,0:02:20.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this thing that's going on right now
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.19,0:02:22.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the toy world with blind box toys,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.64,0:02:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and being able to collect these rare toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.52,0:02:26.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You buy these boxes. You're not sure\Nwhat's going to be inside of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.84,0:02:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then, when you open them up,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.42,0:02:30.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you have different rarities of the toys.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.00,0:02:31.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so I thought that was interesting.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.47,0:02:34.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I started thinking about this and the caviar\Nvending machine and the Art-o-mat all together,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.34,0:02:38.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and some reason, I was one\Nnight drawing a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.08,0:02:39.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking about doing paintings of a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.74,0:02:41.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the little vial of my DNA was sitting there,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.62,0:02:43.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I saw this kind of beautiful collaboration between
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.75,0:02:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the strands of DNA and the\Ncoils of a vending machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.53,0:02:49.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so, of course, I decided\Nto create an art installation
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.05,0:02:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,called the DNA Vending Machine.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.07,0:02:52.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here it is.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.77,0:02:58.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Music)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.53,0:03:03.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["DNA Vending Machine is an art installation\Nabout our increasing access to biotechnology."]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.22,0:03:11.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a sample
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.31,0:03:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of human DNA from a traditional vending machine."]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.81,0:03:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["Each sample comes packaged with a collectible
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.31,0:03:38.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,limited edition portrait of the human specimen."]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.21,0:03:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,["DNA Vending Machine treats DNA
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.92,0:03:47.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a collectible material and brings to light
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.15,0:03:50.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,legal issues over the ownership of DNA."]
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.10,0:03:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gabriel Garcia-Colombo: So\Nthe DNA Vending Machine
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.41,0:03:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is currently in a couple galleries in New York,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.24,0:03:58.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's selling out pretty well, actually.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.25,0:04:00.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're in the first edition of 100 pieces,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:00.26,0:04:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hoping to do another edition pretty soon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.02,0:04:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd actually like to get it into more of a metro hub,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.15,0:04:06.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like Grand Central or Penn Station,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.06,0:04:08.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right next to some of the other, actual \Nvending machines in that location.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.99,0:04:11.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But really with this project\Nand a lot of my art projects
Dialogue: 0,0:04:11.30,0:04:13.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to ask the audience a question, and that is,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.43,0:04:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when biotechnology and DNA sequencing
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.30,0:04:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes as cheap as, say, laser cutting or
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.29,0:04:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,3D printing or buying caviar from a vending machine,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.16,0:04:24.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,will you still submit your sample of\NDNA to be part of the vending machine?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.81,0:04:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And how much will these samples be worth?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.76,0:04:29.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And will you buy someone else's sample?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.23,0:04:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what will you be able to do with that sample?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.86,0:04:34.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.60,0:04:38.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause)