Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents Community Conversations: BioTechnique -- Who Owns the Garden? Bioethics and the Art of Design October 30, 2007

Free Event!

Join artist/horticulturalist George Gessert, artist Amy Franceschini and Marina McDougall in a discussion of the history and politics of owning something that is alive. Franceschini is the founder of Futurefarmers, an art collective devoted to the design and implementation of interdisciplinary, multimedia work that is relevant to its environmental and spatio-temporal contexts. Gessert is a writer, artist and plant breeder who focuses on the intersection of art and genetics, and who specializes in facilitating and exhibiting new plant hybrids. Joining them will be Marina McDougall, curator, garden planner, and writer on the culture of scientific research.

For more information, call 415-978-ARTS (2787) or visit www.ybca.org.

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