Nanoart of the Elastic Mind
This article, found at the above link, is about how nanotechnology is inspiring artists, designers and scientists and allowing them to use art as a communication tool between the laboratory and the public. Using nanotechnology, you can build structures cell by cell manipulating them at the atom level.
I was fortunate to see some examples of these designs at an amazing exhibit at MOMA earlier this year called Design and the Elastic Mind. Designers and scientists used the technologies of today to envision and produce hundreds of designs, experiments, and applications which might be useful to society in the near future. Barry Bergdoll, Chief Curator of Architecture and Design of MOMA describes the traits of the people whose works were shown when he explains "It is the elastic mind-with the flexibility and strength to embrace progress and to harness it- that is best suited to confront this world of seemingly limitless challenges and possibilities"
Below, are two examples of designs using nanotechnology:
On the far left are pictures I took of a 'biowall'; a room divider based on the biological nanoscale shapes seen in bubbles and water. Potted vines, placed at the bottom would grow up and through the open structure producing a living wall.
To the right is a close up of an example of "Biojewellery"; a ring grown from a partner's donated bone tissue, worn by their significant other as a symbol of love.
These are only two of the fascinating designs at this show. Some design ideas were truly bizarre, such as the "Biomodification for Love" in which a person could grow specific body parts of another individual on their body employing cellular regeneration. As crazy or futuristic some of these seemed, each idea expanded on technology that exists today.Viewing this exhibit really opened up my eyes to the advancements of today's technology and to very creative people who think outside of the box and use the technology we have today to produce ideas and products we might use in the future.
I encourage you to click on the link below to view the online exhibit of the show. http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2008/elasticmind/
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