{"id":788,"date":"2015-03-07T14:11:37","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T19:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=788"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:05:14","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:05:14","slug":"joe-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/joe-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_686\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-788-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/joedavis.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/joedavis.mp3\">http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/joedavis.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=\" size-medium wp-image-789 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vitruvian_joe_recrop.jpg?resize=264%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"vitruvian_joe_recrop\" width=\"264\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vitruvian_joe_recrop.jpg?resize=264%2C300&amp;ssl=1 264w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vitruvian_joe_recrop.jpg?resize=902%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 902w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vitruvian_joe_recrop.jpg?resize=624%2C709&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vitruvian_joe_recrop.jpg?w=1452&amp;ssl=1 1452w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/vitruvian_joe_recrop.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 264px) 100vw, 264px\" \/>Joe Davis \u00a0is a research affiliate in the Department of Biology at MIT, and a scientist\/artist at\u00a0\u00a0George Church Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. His research and art includes work in the fields of molecular biology, bioinformatics, &#8220;space art&#8221;, and sculpture, using media including but not limited to centrifuges, radios, prosthetics, magnetic fields, and genetic material. Davis&#8217; teaching positions have been at MIT and the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).<\/p>\n<p>Davis&#8217; works include the sculpture Earth Sphere, a landmark fog fountain at Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, near the MIT campus; RuBisCo Stars, a transmission of a message to nearby stars from the Arecibo Observatory radiotelescope in Puerto Rico, carried out in November 2009; New Age Ruby Falls, a project to <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-790 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2013.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"2013\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2013.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2013.jpg?resize=1024%2C680&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2013.jpg?resize=624%2C415&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2013.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2013.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>create an artificial aurora using a 100,000 watt electron beam fired into the magnetosphere from a NASA space shuttle (which has not yet been carried out); and Microvenus, a piece of symbolic art involving engineering the genetic code of a microbe.<\/p>\n<p>His work has further significance in documenting and critiquing early attempts at steganographic encoding of culturally important messages and images for future generations or extraterrestrial cultures. Additionally, Davis has contributed to projects associated with the DIYbio movement of 2008.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/joedavis.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listJoe Davis \u00a0is a research affiliate in the Department of Biology at MIT, and a scientist\/artist at\u00a0\u00a0George Church Laboratory at Harvard Medical School. 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