To commemorate the inaugural Dr Peter Domachuk Memorial Lecture given by Professor Fiorenzo Omenetto last night

 

Installation shot of Blood on Silk: Surgery

  2013, ribbon, canvas paint and wood. 360(h) x 525(w) x 20cm As installed in the foyer of the Science Building EA6 at Macquarie University, Sydney , Australia  

Musings on being just a price taker ?

  I'm thinking about the way the market operates for a person who produces and sells their own blood or blood products  and the possibility of  similarities to the  manner of operation of  the markets for agricultural products .  In particular the idea of being  a price taker not a price maker. Price takers are [...]

Blood on Silk: Turn to, turn away

Opening last night in Istanbul

How far is too far in the market for human bodies?

Tuesday 10 September 2013 9:24AM By: Amanda Smith on ABC http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/bodysphere/4946410  

Invitation to Exhibition Opening – 10th Sep 2013 6-9 p.m. Caravansarai Istanbul

Tuesday, September 10, 2013. 6:00pm until 9:00pm in UTC+03. Bankalar Caddesi, Banka Sokak 3 Tan Han, Karaköy, Istanbul, Turkey Visual, sound, installation, and documentary works by members of the Caravansarai Collective: Pat Arnao, Anita Bačić, Richard Bartle, Fiona Davies, Suada Demirovic, Joan Edlis, Korhan Erel, Daisy Frossard, Árni Gudmundsson, Sibel Horada, Laleh Torabi, Julie Upmeyer, [...]

MIT Media Lab – where silk worms making paper allow the study of the links between biological and digital fabrication in design

http://forum.gdvplanet.com/topic/973-science-art-silk-pavilion/ 

Blood on Silk: Field of Flowers ( Detail)

Another detail from Blood on Silk: Surgery while waiting for installation

                  Image - Video still Blood on Silk: Blood Types A+. 2012, 2 '  Blood on Silk: Farnham at the James Hockey Gallery, University for the Creative Arts Farnham 26th October - 15th December 2012 Australian artist Fiona Davies has created Blood on Silk: Farnham as a monumental work, which directly addresses the structure of the [...]