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2002 Exhibitions:

The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982)
Dec 6,2002–Mar 2,2003
Gilles Barbier: Lost in the Landscape
Dec 2,2002–Mar 19,2003
La Belle Epoque: Evoking Proust's Place and Time
Nov 19,2002–Feb 16,2003
Out of Site: Fictional Architectural Spaces
Nov 9,2002–Feb 2,2003
Rauschenberg, Booster
Oct 1,2002–Nov 17,2002
Phantom Empire: NSC-68
Oct 1,2002–Nov 17,2002
México Ahora: Recent Art from the Gelman Collection
Oct 1,2002–Jan 5,2003
E.A.T. Experiments in Art and Technology
Sep 6,2002–Dec 1,2002
Line: Notable Recent Acquisitions; CANCELLED
Aug 20,2002–Sep 22,2002
Elizabeth Jameson: Splendorform
Jul 13,2002–Nov 10,2002
Meditation on a Painting by Diebenkorn
Jul 12,2002–Aug 11,2002
The Photographic Impulse: Selections from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection
Jul 12,2002–Nov 10,2002
2002 University of Washington MFA Thesis Exhibition
May 25,2002–Jun 23,2002
Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics
Apr 6,2002–Aug 25,2002
Eduardo Kac: Genesis, 1999
Mar 21,2002–Aug 25,2002
Mechanical Virtue
Mar 21,2002–Jun 23,2002
Imaging the Orient
Mar 12,2002–May 12,2002
Along the Silk Road: Rugs and Textiles from Syria to China
Feb 7,2002–May 12,2002
Cheap Thrills: Great Designs for $5 or Less
Jan 31,2002–Mar 10,2002
Elevator Phantom: New Soundwork by Phantom Empire; or Phantom Empire: NCS-68
Jan 11,2002–Mar 10,2002
Susan Robb: Seedling
Jan 11,2002–May 12,2002
Worn: Social Roles Revealed
Jan 11,2002–Mar 10,2002
Superflat
Nov 10,2001–Mar 3,2002
Jeffry Mitchell: Hanabuki
Sep 14,2001–Jan 1,2002
Long Trek
May 25,2001–May 12,2002
Ernesto Neto's Flying Group Nave
May 25,2001–Jan 6,2002

Eduardo Kac: Genesis, 1999

East Gallery

March 21, 2002 – August 25, 2002

In his multi-media, internet-connected, and transgenic installation entitled “Genesis” (1999), which inspired the title of the Henry exhibition, Chicago-based artist Eduardo Kac began with a biblical quotation that describes the domination of humans over nature. He translated this passage into Morse code (the first new language of the telecommunications age) and then developed equivalents to translate Morse code into genetic language. He and a team of scientists then created bacteria from this code. Images of this living mutating DNA are projected on one wall of the gallery. “Genesis” exemplifies the impact genetics has had on artistic practice by incorporating the materials and processes of genomics into an artist’s work. The West Coast premier of this installation was the first installment of the nationally touring exhibition, “Gene(sis): Contemporary Art Explores Human Genomics”.

Robin Held, Associate Curator

The exhibition and related programs are made possible with generous support from the Animating Democracy Initiative, a program of Americans for the Arts, funded by the Ford Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Rockefeller Foundation; the Allen Foundation for the Arts; PONCHO; The Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities; King County Arts Commission Special Projects Program, ZymoGenetics, Inc.; The University of Washington College of Arts and Sciences, and in-kind support from Carl Zeiss, Inc.; Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media; New Concepts Prototyping; Apple Computer; The Elliott Grand Hyatt, Seattle; KUOW Public Radio, WRQ, Inc., and Northwest Mannequin.

Featured artists: Eduardo Kac

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