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Human Code

2015
17 in x 17 in x 13 in (43 cm x 42 cm x 33 cm)
Laser gold-plated 3D-printed nylon

We think of ourselves as very different from computers, but we are all made of code deep down in our DNA. My  series "Human Code" incorporates DNA CODIS marker sequencing into traditional bust sculptures. The portraits are not only of the models but also of their genetic code, specifically, the CODIS markers, the pieces of the human genome that serve as "fingerprints" for each unique individual. 

The text that forms the structure of the bust is comprised of the subject's 13 CODIS markers, broken down into individual amino acids (the As, Cs, Gs and Ts forming the bars of the double helix). The work reveals the code that inheres in us all, and contrasts it with the relative "abstraction" that is our human image. Computers operate on the binary of ones and zeros and yet we see graphical user interfaces. Likewise, our code, DNA, is always hiding under our skin.

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Human Code

2015
17 in x 17 in x 13 in (43 cm x 42 cm x 33 cm)
Laser gold-plated 3D-printed nylon

We think of ourselves as very different from computers, but we are all made of code deep down in our DNA. My  series "Human Code" incorporates DNA CODIS marker sequencing into traditional bust sculptures. The portraits are not only of the models but also of their genetic code, specifically, the CODIS markers, the pieces of the human genome that serve as "fingerprints" for each unique individual. 

The text that forms the structure of the bust is comprised of the subject's 13 CODIS markers, broken down into individual amino acids (the As, Cs, Gs and Ts forming the bars of the double helix). The work reveals the code that inheres in us all, and contrasts it with the relative "abstraction" that is our human image. Computers operate on the binary of ones and zeros and yet we see graphical user interfaces. Likewise, our code, DNA, is always hiding under our skin.

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Human Code

2015
17 in x 17 in x 13 in (43 cm x 42 cm x 33 cm)
Laser gold-plated 3D-printed nylon

We think of ourselves as very different from computers, but we are all made of code deep down in our DNA. My  series "Human Code" incorporates DNA CODIS marker sequencing into traditional bust sculptures. The portraits are not only of the models but also of their genetic code, specifically, the CODIS markers, the pieces of the human genome that serve as "fingerprints" for each unique individual. 

The text that forms the structure of the bust is comprised of the subject's 13 CODIS markers, broken down into individual amino acids (the As, Cs, Gs and Ts forming the bars of the double helix). The work reveals the code that inheres in us all, and contrasts it with the relative "abstraction" that is our human image. Computers operate on the binary of ones and zeros and yet we see graphical user interfaces. Likewise, our code, DNA, is always hiding under our skin.

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