From the
apartment of my couch surfing host, who left early to go to work, I find my way
to the ARS museum. It’s just across the Danube, which waters are blue, as well
as the sky. Not a cloud.
At the
museum, I learn a lot about the current research into the genetics of the human
being. What amazes me the most is that we are not very faro off from the
situation that we need tan answer to the question: “How private is our personal
DNA structure”? Who has right of ownership? Do we want to know all the risks to
develop a certain illness at a certain age? Will that be a blessing for
mankind?
An
interesting museum, in the middle of the attention, because of the yearly
ARS-festival. This year’ s theme TOTAL RECALL, about the storage of information
or how we memorize? Research has just succeeded to store a complete song in the
DNA structure and another lab decoded the DNA into the original song. Will this
change our methods of digital storage in the very near future?
In the
evening we visit the opening of the festival at a closed down Tobacco factory.
The building is huge and a modern monument.
On one of
the giant walls 15 by 40 meters they show the people at the opening. The theme
here is: “We are here”. A combined
play, using the huge video wall, actors in strange outfits, a sound artist and 40 drones, create an atmosphere of: “You are being watched and you better keep in
line”. Big Brother in an extreme form.
http://youtu.be/MBHXt9UKz18
After some
drinks, I am going to bed to gain strength for tomorrow.
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