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Happy jerk or depressed bacteria? Biodesign is the future, according to William Myers

What idiot could come up with that, one of the attendees wondered: that you can make electrical circuits by combining the DNA of an algae with that of a hamster? Just one question that comes to mind when walking around the Biodesign exhibition, on show in Rotterdam from 27 September to 5 January (2014). And then the answer is actually simple: an idiot. Or rather: an artist.

The future could well be bright, declares William Myers, the American ...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

What idiot could come up with that, one of the attendees wondered: that you can make electrical circuits by combining the DNA of an algae with that of a hamster? Just one question that comes to mind when walking around the Biodesign exhibition, on show in Rotterdam from 27 September to 5 January (2014). And then the answer is actually simple: an idiot. Or rather: an artist.

The future could well be bright, declares William Myers, the American ...

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