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We leave ‘genetic artifacts’ everywhere we go, and it takes little more than a bit of amateur DNA sleuthing to discern a startling amount about us from these traces. Through her ‘Stranger Visions’ series, consisting of masks developed from the genetic material of strangers, the American artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg grapples with some of the difficult moral issues of genetic surveillance. Another one of her pieces offers a solution: DNA-erasing sprays.
Directors: Veena Rao, Emily Sheskin
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Subcultures
Living off-grid on a remote Scottish island is a mix of rejection and acceptance
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Film and visual culture
At the movies with Pauline Kael – in the arthouse cinema where she got her start
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Mood and emotion
‘Let me dream you into my reality’: memories illuminate an unthinkable isolation
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Biology
Journey deep into the Philippine forest in search of the world’s largest, rarest eagle
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Art
What does an AI make of what it sees in a contemporary art museum?
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Rituals and celebrations
From roaring fire and molten glass an artist creates a healing ritual
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Ecology and environmental sciences
Producing food while restoring the planet – a glimpse of farming in the future
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Astronomy
From zero to 5,000 – music and visuals express 30 years of exoplanet discoveries
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Ecology and environmental sciences
Yo-Yo Ma performs a work for cello in the woods, accompanied by a birdsong chorus
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