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- Title
Mutual inspiration.
- Abstract
The article comments on the spate of genome art in the U.S. The conversation between art and science seems to work best as mutual inspiration, rather than mutual instruction. Scientific accuracy is appropriate for illustration of a current concept, but an artist referring to, rather than illustrating, scientific concepts can evoke connections outside science and suggest that within science, interpretive frameworks can shift. The double helix is one of the most readily recognized images circulating. DNA is often represented as a smooth, right-handed double spiral of varying relative dimensions, often without base pairs or obvious antiparallel strands. The fact that recognition survives the loss of these essential features suggests that the helix motif has a symbolic life of its own as the embodiment of the genome, genetics and life itself.
- Subjects
UNITED States; ART &; science; SCIENTIFIC illustration; MEDICINE &; art; PALEOART; GENETICS; GENOMES
- Publication
Nature Genetics, 2005, Vol 37, Issue 12, p1297
- ISSN
1061-4036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ng1205-1297