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An ear created with Vincent van Gogh’s DNA allows you to ‘speak’ to the artist
11.16.2015
08:40 am
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An ear created using Vincent van Gogh's DNA that can actually hear you
An ear that was created using actual DNA from Vincent van Gogh

In 2014, German-born artist Diemut Strebe launched an “ongoing project” called Sugababe. The focus of the installation was a “living replica” of Vincent van Gogh’s ear which was created using cells from an actual male descendant of van Gogh’s, Lieuwe van Gogh, the great-great-grandson of Vincent’s brother Theo. Holy shit.
 
Diemut Strebe's
 
If that’s not bizarre enough for you, not only does the ear in Strebe’s project (which was made using 3D printing technology) contain van Gogh DNA, it also has the ability to hear. Using a microphone that is rigged to a computer, a nifty piece of software then allows for nerve impulses from a visitor’s voice to be simulated as they are received. In other words, you can (in theory) “speak” to the artist who has been dead for 125 years.

If you have something you’ve always wanted to ask Vincent van Gogh (Noam Chomsky was the first person to speak to the ear in case you were curious), simply drop by the Ronald Feldman Gallery in New York where the ear and various other works by Strebe will be on view through December 5th.
 
h/t: Beautiful Decay

Previously on Dangerous Minds:
Palettes of Picasso, Matisse, Degas and Van Gogh are works of art unto themselves

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11.16.2015
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