LABORATORY SERIES. No.22. DARPA’s new Biological Technologies Office (BTO). Launched in April 1, 2014, the BTO is charged with exploring the intersection of biology, engineering and computer science to harness natural systems for national security. “Biology is nature’s ultimate innovator, and any agency that hangs its hat on innovation would be foolish not to look at this master of networked complexity for inspiration and solutions.” – DARPA Director Arati Prabhakar to U.S. House of Representatives, March 26, 2014. Photo Courtesy of DARPA.
LABORATORY SERIES. No.07. Installation view of Roxy Paine’s Control Room at Kavi Gupta | Elizabeth St, 2013. Steel, wood, automotive paint, glass, 12' 5" x 18' 2 3/8" x 13' 7." Part power plant, part space-race agency, part recording studio, Control Room’s dashboard is an index of different operating and monitoring devices. It is timeless, devoid of a human operator and frozen as a diorama in the gallery space. Photo Courtesy of Joseph Rynkiewicz & Kavi Gupta Chicago | Berlin.
