Archive of Author | Diemut Strebe

About Diemut Strebe

The crossover between science and art is the main focus in my art work, displayed with different media such as living / biological material as well as photography and installations. Current projects include close cooperation with scientists in the fields of biology, human and plant genetics, tissue engineering and other areas of scientific research. On bio-art projects I work, amongst others, with living objects, cells, genetic material, and various forms of intervention. The projects are related to different areas of research and involve work with various scientific tools, methods and concepts.

Articles with Diemut Strebe

Sugababe

“In Sugababe, we have regrown Vincent van Gogh’s ear….from tissue engineered cartilage, containing natural genetic information about him as well as genetically engineered components.” In an intriguing combination of art and science, Diemut Strebe used cells from Lieuwe van Gogh, nephew in 4th generation from Vincent van Gogh, descending in a direct uninterrupted male line, and other DNA to construct a living replica of the ear. One can even speak to the ear through a microphone system.

Wigner’s friends

The Soyuz capsule roared into the pre-dawn darkness just after 3 a.m. Monday (2100 GMT Sunday) from the Russian manned space facility in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, en route for the International Space Station. Aboard the capsule are Russian Anton Shkaplerov, NASA’s Terry Virts and European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti of Italy. There was also a small telescope, that will be used in an extraordinary project, Wigner’s friends, that will create a universal show consisting of all possible works of art at once.