{"id":3103,"date":"2016-01-25T21:20:30","date_gmt":"2016-01-26T02:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=3103"},"modified":"2017-04-06T06:18:35","modified_gmt":"2017-04-06T10:18:35","slug":"oron-catts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/oron-catts\/","title":{"rendered":"Oron Catts"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3655\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3103-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/oroncatts.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/oroncatts.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/oroncatts.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3156 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oc.jpg?resize=272%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"oc\" width=\"272\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oc.jpg?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/oc.jpg?w=502&amp;ssl=1 502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 272px) 100vw, 272px\" \/><span class=\"s1\">Oron Catts is the Director of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">SymbioticA, The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">He is also a Visiting Professor of Contestable Design, Royal College of Arts, London, and a Visiting Professor at the School of Art, Design and Architecture, Aalto University, Helsinki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He is an artist, designer, researcher and curator whose pioneering work with the <a href=\"http:\/\/lab.anhb.uwa.edu.au\/tca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tissue Culture and Art Project<\/a> (established in 1996) is considered a leading biological art project. In 2000 he co-founded SymbioticA. Under Catts\u2019 leadership SymbioticA has gone on to win the Prix Ars Electronica Golden Nica in Hybrid Art (2007) the WA Premier Science Award (2008) and became a Centre for Excellence in 2008.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In 2009 Catts was recognised by Thames &amp; Hudson\u2019s \u201c60 Innovators Shaping our Creative Future\u201d book in the category \u201cBeyond Design\u201d, and by Icon Magazine (UK) as one of the top 20 Designers, \u201cmaking the future and transforming the way we work\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Catts interest is Life; more specifically the shifting relations and perceptions of life in the light of new knowledge and it applications. Often working in collaboration with other artists (mainly Dr. Ionat Zurr) and scientists, Catts have developed a body of work that speaks volumes about the need for new cultural articulation of evolving concepts of life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Catts was a Research Fellow in Harvard Medical School, a visiting Scholar at the Department of Art and Art History, Stanford University. Catts\u2019 ideas and projects reach beyond the confines of art; his work is often cited as inspiration to diverse areas such as new materials, textiles, design, architecture, ethics, fiction, and food.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3157\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3157 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/01.jpg?resize=625%2C849&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"01\" width=\"625\" height=\"849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/01.jpg?resize=754%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 754w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/01.jpg?resize=221%2C300&amp;ssl=1 221w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/01.jpg?resize=768%2C1044&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/01.jpg?resize=624%2C848&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/01.jpg?w=1304&amp;ssl=1 1304w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victimless Leather- A Prototype of Stitch-less Jacket grown in a Technoscientific &#8220;Body&#8221;, Artists: The Tissue Culture &amp; Art (Oron Catts &amp; Ionat Zurr) Medium: Biodegradable polymer skin and bone cells from human and mouse, Dimension of original: variable, 2004<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3158\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3158\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3158 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/semi-living-steak01.jpg?resize=625%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"semi living steak01\" width=\"625\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/semi-living-steak01.jpg?resize=1024%2C786&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/semi-living-steak01.jpg?resize=300%2C230&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/semi-living-steak01.jpg?resize=768%2C589&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/semi-living-steak01.jpg?resize=624%2C479&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/semi-living-steak01.jpg?w=1181&amp;ssl=1 1181w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3158\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u2018Tissue Engineered Steak No.1\u2019 2000 A study for \u201cDisembodied Cuisine\u201d Artists: The Tissue Culture &amp; Art (Oron Catts, Ionat Zurr &amp; Guy Ben-Ary), Medium: Pre-Natal sheep skeletal muscle and degradable PGA polymer scaffold. 2000 Explanatory information: This was the first attempt to use tissue engineering for meat production without the need to slaughter animals.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/oroncatts.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listOron Catts is the Director of SymbioticA, The Centre of Excellence in Biological Arts, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia. 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