BioArt Initiative at Rensselaer - Research

The BioArt Initiative is a collaborative research project between Rensselaer’s Arts Department and the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies (CBIS) . This project proposes to lay the foundation establishing RPI as a premiere institution for the synthesis of emerging biotechnological research and media art practice. The potential for creating a mutually supportive and critically engaged culture between art, engineering and science exists at RPI to a degree that is possible in only a select few universities worldwide. The initiative brings together RPI’s cutting-edge biotechnology resources with its world-class electronic arts community.

This project was funded by an EMPAC Seed Research grant.

Principal Investigators:

• Robert J. Linhardt, Acting Director, Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
• Kathy High, Head of the Arts Department
• Rich Pell, Assistant Professor of Arts

Curator-in-Residence:

• Daniela Kostova

More information about the BioArt Initiative can be found on their website .