Gabriel Barcia-Colombo: My DNA vending machine

Prevoditelj: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG Recezent: Ivan Stamenković

This is a vending machine in Los Angeles.

Ovo je automat za prodaju u Los Angelesu.

It's in a shopping mall, and it sells fish eggs.

Nalazi se u tržnom centru i prodaje riblja jaja.

It's a caviar-vending machine.

To je automat za prodaju kavijara.

This is the Art-o-mat, an art-vending machine

Ovo je Art-o-mat,

automat za prodaju umjetnosti koji prodaje

that sells small artistic creations by different artists,

mala umjetnička djela raznih umjetnika,

usually on small wood blocks or matchboxes, in limited edition.

obično na malim drvenim blokovima ili kutijama od šibica,

u ograničenim edicijama.

This is Oliver Medvedik.

Ovo je Oliver Medvedik. On nije automat za prodaju,

He is not a vending machine, but he is one of the founders of Genspace,

ali je jedan od osnivača Genspace-a,

bio-laboratorija zajednice u Brooklynu, New York,

a community biolab in Brooklyn, New York,

gdje svatko može otići na satove

where anybody can go and take classes

i naučiti stvari poput uzgajanja Escherichia coli koja svijetli u mraku

and learn how to do things like grow E. coli that glows in the dark

ili naučiti kako uzeti DNK jagode.

or learn how to take strawberry DNA.

In fact, I saw Oliver do one of these strawberry DNA extractions

U stvari, vidio sam Olivera kako prije otprilike godinu dana uzima DNK jagode,

about a year ago, and this is what led me into this bizarre path

i to me je odvelo na ovaj bizarni put

o kojem ću vam sada pričati.

that I'm going to talk to you right now.

DNK jagode je stvarno očaravajući, jer je tako lijep.

Strawberry DNA is really fascinating, because it's so beautiful.

Nikada prije nisam mislio kako je DNK toliko lijepa stvar,

I'd never thought about DNA being a beautiful thing before,

prije nego što sam je vidio u ovoj formi.

before I saw it in this form.

I puno ljudi, posebno u umjetničkoj zajednici,

A lot of people, especially in the art community,

ne bavi se nužno znanošću na ovaj način.

don't necessarily engage in science in this way.

Odmah sam se priključio Genspace-u poslije ovoga,

I instantly joined Genspace after this,

i pitao sam Olivera: „Ako možemo raditi te jagode,

and asked Oliver, "If we can do this with strawberries,

možemo li to raditi i s ljudima?“

I 10 minuta kasnije, oboje smo

can we do this with people?"

About 10 minutes later, we were both spitting in vials,

to vrtili u bočicama i smišljali

protokol za ekstrakciju ljudskog DNK.

coming up with a protocol for human DNA extraction.

I to sam počeo raditi na svoju ruku,

I started doing this on my own.

i ovako u stvari izgleda moj DNK.

This is what my DNA actually looks like.

Dok sam bio na večeri s nekim prijateljima, umjetnicima,

And I was at a dinner party with some artist friends,

i dok sam im pričao o ovom projektu,

and I was telling them about this project,

oni nisu mogli vjerovati da možemo stvarno vidjeti DNK.

and they couldn't believe that you could actually see DNA.

So I said, all right, let's get out some supplies right now.

Tako sam im rekao, idemo po neke zalihe odmah.

I tako sam krenuo s tim bizarnim večerama u mojoj kući petkom navečer

And I started having these bizarre dinner parties on Friday nights,

gdje bi ljudi došli

where people would come over and we'd do DNA extractions,

i onda bi radili ekstrakcije DNK,

and I would capture them on video,

a ja bi ih snimao,

jer je to također stvaralo tu vrstu nekog smiješnog portreta.

because it created this kind of funny portrait as well.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

To su ljudi koji se obično

These are people who don't necessarily regularly engage with science.

ne bave uopće znanošću.

You can kind of tell from their reactions.

To možete zaključiti iz njihovih reakcija.

(Laughter)

But they became fascinated by it,

Ali postaju fascinirani njome,

and it was really exciting for me to see them get excited about science.

a to je bilo zaista zanimljivo gledati

kako ih znanost uzbuđuje.

And so I started doing this regularly.

Tako sam to počeo raditi redovito.

(Laughter)

To je na neki način čudna stvar za raditi petkom navečer,

It's an odd thing to do with your Friday nights,

ali to je ono što sam započeo raditi,

but this is what I started doing.

počeo sam skupljati cijele grupe

I started collecting a whole group of my friends' DNA in small vials

DNK mojih prijatelja u bočicama

i kategorizirati ih.

and categorizing them.

Tako je to izgledalo.

This is what that looked like.

I to me navelo razmišljati o par stvari.

And it started to make me think about a couple of things.

Prije svega, to me prilično podsjećalo na moj zid na Facebook-u.

First, this looked a lot like my Facebook wall.

Na neki način, stvorio sam genetičku mrežu,

So in a way, I created sort of a genetic social network.

zapravo genetičku društvenu mrežu.

And the second thing was,

A druga stvar je bila, jednom je svratio prijatelj

one time a friend came over and looked at this on my table

i pogledao na moj stol i rekao, "Oh.

and was like, "Uh ... why are they numbered?

Zašto su numerirani? Je li ova osoba rijeđa od druge?"

Is this person more rare than the other one?"

A ja uopće o tome nisam nikada razmišljao.

And I hadn't even thought about that.

Bili su numerirani redoslijedom kojim sam im uzeo DNK.

They were just numbered

because that was the order that I extracted the DNA in.

Ali to me je natjeralo da pomislim na sakupljanje igračaka,

But that made me think about collecting toys,

i ovo što se sada događa

and what's going on right now in the toy world with blind box toys,

u svijetu igračaka s neobilježenim kutijama,

i skupljanjem tih rijetkih igračaka.

and being able to collect these rare toys.

Kupite te kutije. Niste sigurni što će biti u njima.

You buy these boxes, but aren't sure what's going to be inside.

Ali onda, kada ih otvorite,

But when you open them, you have different rarities of the toys.

imate igračke različitog rariteta.

I tako sam pomislio kako je to interesantno.

I thought that was interesting; I thought about this

Počeo sam razmišljati o ovome, automatu za kavijar, Art-o-matu i svemu,

and the caviar vending machine and the Art-o-mat all together.

i iz nekog razloga jedne večeri sam crtao automat za prodaju,

And for some reason, I was one night drawing a vending machine,

razmišljajući o slikanju automata za prodaju,

thinking of doing paintings of a vending machine.

i bočica s mojom DNK je stajala tu,

onda sam vidio ovu predivnu suradnju između

The vial of my DNA was sitting there,

niti DNK i zavojnica na automatu za prodaju.

and I saw a beautiful collaboration between the strands of DNA

and the coils of a vending machine.

Naravno, odlučio sam napraviti umjetničku instalaciju

So I decided to create an art installation called the DNA Vending Machine.

koja se zove Automat za prodaju DNK.

Evo ga.

Here it is.

(Glazba)

(Music)

[DNA Vending Machine is an art installation

["Automat za prodaju DNK je umjetnička instalacija o našem rastućem pristupu biotehnologiji."]

about our increasing access to biotechnology.]

(Music)

[For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a sample of human DNA

["Za razumnu cijenu, možete kupiti uzorak

from a traditional vending machine.]

ljudskog DNK iz tradicionalnog automata za prodaju."]

(Music)

["Svaki uzorak je upakiran s rijetkim

[Each sample comes packaged

with a collectible limited edition portrait of the human specimen.]

portretom ljudskog primjerka iz ograničene serije."]

(Music)

["Automat za prodaju DNK tretira DNK

[DNA Vending Machine treats DNA as a collectible material

kao rijedak kolekcionarski materijal i rasvjetljava

and brings to light legal issues over the ownership of DNA.]

pravne probleme vlasništva DNK."]

(Music ends)

Gabriel Garcia-Colombo: Tako je Automat za prodaju DNK

Gabriel Barcia-Colombo:

The DNA Vending Machine is currently in a couple of galleries in New York,

trenutno u nekoliko galerija u New Yorku,

i prilično dobro prodaje.

and it's selling out pretty well.

Trenutno smo unutar prve edicije od 100 komada,

We're in the first edition of 100 pieces,

nadajući se drugoj ediciji uskoro.

hoping to do another edition pretty soon.

Zapravo bih više volio ubaciti ga u metro,

I'd like to get it into more of a metro hub,

poput metro stanica Grand Central ili Penn,

like Grand Central or Penn Station,

pored nekih drugih, stvarnih automata za prodaju na toj lokaciji.

next to some of the other vending machines in that location.

Ali zapravo s ovim i dosta drugih umjetničkih projekata

But really, with this and a lot of my art projects,

želim publici postaviti pitanje, a to je

I want to ask the audience a question:

kada bio-tehnologija i DNK sekvenciranje

When biotechnology and DNA sequencing becomes as cheap as, say, laser cutting

postanu jeftini poput recimo, laserskog rezanja ili

or 3D printing or buying caviar from a vending machine,

3D printanja ili kupnje kavijara iz automata za prodaju,

will you submit your sample of DNA to be part of the vending machine?

hoćete li još uvijek davati svoj uzorak DNK da bude dijelom automata?

I koliko će vrijediti ti uzorci?

How much will these samples be worth?

I hoćete li kupiti nečiji uzorak?

Will you buy someone else's sample?

And what will you be able to do with that sample?

I što ćete moći napraviti s tim uzorkom?

Hvala vam.

Thank you.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)