Merry CRISPR was a workshop produced by the Bioartsociety in collaboration with Biofilia laboratory – Aalto University, and supported by Aalto Univeristy, MA in Ecology and Contemporary Performance and Time and Space Arts (both University of the Arts Helsinki) and TAIKE.

The workshop took place 11th – 15th of December at the Biofilia laboratory on the Aalto University Campus in Otaniemi/Espoo/Finland.

Merry CRISPR was made using two CRISPR kits: one is the popular The ODIN (http://www.the-odin.com/) and the second was kindly prepared for us in Mariana Gomes de Pinho Lab (http://www.itqb.unl.pt/research/biology/bacterial-cell-biology), at ITQB in Lisbon, by her excepcional PhD student Moritz Sorg.

PROGRAM

Monday 11th

09.00 – Meet at Biofilia

09.00 – 10.00 – Welcome by Erich and Marta. Introduction by participants

10.00 – 12.00 – Break and then CRISPR introduction

12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch

13.00 – 14.00 – Health and Safety by Marika and Marta

14.00 – 16.30 – Wet lab prep sessions for upcoming experiments

16.30 – 18.00 – Guest SKYPE: Marta Antonia Gonzalez Valerio. CRISPR/Philosophy: origin as a metaphysical concept: art and science as method within + discussion

TUESDAY 12th

09.00 – Meet at Biofilia

09.00 – 9.30 – Breakfast chat

09.30 – 11.00 – Guest SKYPE: Eben Kirksey: CRISPR/Humanities CRISPR Transmigrations. Gene Edditing and Consumer Choices + discussion

11.00 – 12.00 – Participant session: Georg Tremmel presentation CRISPRworld: CRISPR Kitchen, Biohacking Summit Geneva, Biosummit MIT

12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch

13.00 – 17h30 – Wet Lab CRISPR hands on session with ODIN kit.

17.30 – 18.30 – BAS Boardmeeting for Bioartsocienty members only at Forumbox

18.30 – 19.00 – Food for everybody at Forumbox

19.00 – 21.00 – Book presentation Britt Wray “Raise of the Necrofauna” at Forumbox

WEDNESDAY 13th

09.00 – Meet at Biofilia

09.00 – 9.30 – Breakfast chat

10.00 – 11.00 – Participant session Marietta Radomska, Vera Weetzel, Cecilia Asberg: Posthuman workshop

11.00 – 12.00 – CRISPR Q&A

12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch

13.00 – 17.40 – Wet lab CRISPR hands on session- hacking the ODIN kit

17.40 – 21.00 – Ferry to Suomentinna to visit HIAP for the talk of Sarah Cook

THURSDAY 14th

09.00 – Meet at Biofilia

09.00 – 9.30 – Breakfast chat

10.00 – 12.00 – Reviewing CRISPR results. Prototyping, single or group work in preparation for a individual experiments

12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch

13.00 – 17.30 – Continuation of morning session and execution of experiments

18.30 – 19.30 – Artist presentation Marta de Menezes at House for Science and Letters

FRIDAY – 15th

09.00 – Meet at Biofilia

09.00 – 9.30 – Breakfast chat

09.30 – 11.00 – GUEST presentation: CRISPR/Science and discussion

11.00 – 11.30 – Participant session. Sarah Cook: Live Space

11.30 – 12.00 – Participant session – available

12.00 – 13.00 – Lunch

13.00 – 15.00 – Participant sessions – available

15.00 – 17.00 – Review of experiments + killing + goodbye