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Gabe Barcia-Colombo: My DNA vending machine
Gabriel Barcia Colombo: Mesin layan diri DNA saya
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Mesin layan diri biasanya menawarkan, gula-gula dan kerepek. Bukannya untuk mesin yang dicipta oleh Fellow TED Gabe Barcia-Colombo. Artis ini telah menghasilkan suatu Mesin Layan Diri DNA, yang mengeluarkan DNA manusia yang diekstrak, dibungkus dalam botol bersama gambar orang yang memberikannya. Ianya menarik dan aneh, tetapi menekankan isu-isu etika lebih besar yang akan timbul sementara akses kepada bioteknologi terus meningkat.
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo - Video sculptor
Gabe Barcia-Colombo creates madcap art inspired both by Renaissance era curiosity cabinets and the modern-day digital chronicling of everyday life. Think: miniature people projected in objects and a DNA Vending Machine. Full bio
Gabe Barcia-Colombo creates madcap art inspired both by Renaissance era curiosity cabinets and the modern-day digital chronicling of everyday life. Think: miniature people projected in objects and a DNA Vending Machine. Full bio
Double-click the English transcript below to play the video.
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This is a vending machine in Los Angeles.
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Ini adalah mesin layan diri di Los Angeles.
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It's in a shopping mall, and it sells fish eggs.
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Ia di dalam pusat beli-belah,
dan ia menjual telur ikan.
dan ia menjual telur ikan.
00:17
It's a caviar vending machine.
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Ia adalah mesin layan diri kaviar.
00:21
This is the Art-o-mat,
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Ini adalah Art-o-mat,
00:22
an art vending machine that sells
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mesin layan diri seni yang menjual
00:24
small artistic creations by different artists,
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ciptaan seni kecil hasil artis berbeza,
00:26
usually on small wood blocks or matchboxes,
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biasanya atas blok kayu kecil atau kotak mancis,
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in limited edition.
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dalam edisi terhad.
00:30
This is Oliver Medvedik. He's not a vending machine,
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Ini Oliver Medvedik.
Dia bukan mesin layan diri,
Dia bukan mesin layan diri,
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but he is one of the founders of Genspace,
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tapi dia merupakan salah
seorang pengasas Genspace,
seorang pengasas Genspace,
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a community biolab in Brooklyn, New York,
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suatu biolab komuniti di Brooklyn, New York,
00:36
where anybody can go and take classes
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di mana sesiapa saja boleh mendaftar
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and learn how to do things like
grow E. coli that glows in the dark
grow E. coli that glows in the dark
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dan mempelajari teknik seperti
membesarkan E. coli yang bercahaya dalam gelap
membesarkan E. coli yang bercahaya dalam gelap
00:41
or learn how to take strawberry DNA.
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atau belajar bagaimana
mengambil DNA strawberri.
mengambil DNA strawberri.
00:43
In fact, I saw Oliver do one of these strawberry
DNA extractions about a year ago,
DNA extractions about a year ago,
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Malah, saya lihat Oliver mengekstrak DNA strawberi
seperti ini kira-kira setahun lalu,
seperti ini kira-kira setahun lalu,
00:47
and this is what led me onto this bizarre path
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dan inilah yang membawa saya
ke jalan aneh ini
ke jalan aneh ini
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that I'm going to talk to you right now.
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yang akan saya ceritakan sekarang.
00:50
Because strawberry DNA is really
fascinating, because it's so beautiful.
fascinating, because it's so beautiful.
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Kerana DNA strawberi sungguh
menarik, begitu cantik sekali.
menarik, begitu cantik sekali.
00:54
I'd never thought about DNA
being a beautiful thing before,
being a beautiful thing before,
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Saya tak pernah terfikir bahawa DNA
sesuatu yang cantik,
sesuatu yang cantik,
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before I saw it in this form.
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sehingga melihatnya dalam bentuk ini.
00:57
And a lot of people, especially in the art community,
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Dan ramai orang, terutamanya dalam komuniti seni,
00:59
don't necessarily engage in science in this way.
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tidak semestinya terlibat dalam sains sebegini.
01:02
I instantly joined Genspace after this,
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Saya menyertai Genspace
dengan serta-merta dan
dengan serta-merta dan
01:04
and I asked Oliver, "Well, if
we can do this strawberries,
we can do this strawberries,
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saya tanya Oliver,
"Jika boleh lakukan pada strawberi,
"Jika boleh lakukan pada strawberi,
01:06
can we do this with people as well?"
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bolehkah kita lakukan dengan manusia juga?"
01:07
And about 10 minutes later, we were both
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Dan 10 minit nanti, kami berdua
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spinning it in vials together and coming up
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memusingkannya dalam botol dan menulis
01:10
with a protocol for human DNA extraction.
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protokol bagi pengekstrakan DNA manusia.
01:13
And I started doing this on my own,
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Dan saya mula melakukannya sendiri,
01:15
and this is what my DNA actually looks like.
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dan inilah rupa sebenar DNA saya.
01:17
And I was at a dinner party with
some friends, some artist friends,
some friends, some artist friends,
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Di parti makan malam
bersama rakan, rakan artis,
bersama rakan, rakan artis,
01:19
and I was telling them about this project,
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saya ceritakan tentang projek ini,
01:22
and they couldn't believe that
you could actually see DNA.
you could actually see DNA.
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dan mereka tak percaya bahawa DNA
sebenarnya boleh dilihat.
sebenarnya boleh dilihat.
01:25
So I said, all right, let's get
out some supplies right now.
out some supplies right now.
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Saya berkata, mari
keluarkan beberapa bekalan.
keluarkan beberapa bekalan.
01:27
And I started having these bizarre dinner
parties at my house on Friday nights
parties at my house on Friday nights
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Dan saya mula mengadakan
parti makan malam aneh ini setiap malam Jumaat
parti makan malam aneh ini setiap malam Jumaat
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where people would come over
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di mana orang akan bertandang
01:32
and we would do DNA extractions,
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dan kami melakukan pengekstrakan DNA,
01:34
and I would actually capture them on video,
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malah saya juga merakamkannya,
01:35
because it created this kind of funny portrait as well.
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kerana ia juga menimbulkan riak wajah lucu.
01:38
(Laughter)
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(Ketawa)
01:40
These are people who don't necessarily regularly
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Mereka ini boleh dikatakan tidak selalunya
01:42
engage with science whatsoever.
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melibatkan diri dengan sains.
01:44
You can kind of tell from their reactions.
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Anda boleh lihat melalui reaksi mereka.
01:48
But they became fascinated by it,
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Tapi mereka terpesona dengannya,
01:50
and it was really exciting for me to see them
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dan saya amat tertarik
melihat mereka
melihat mereka
01:51
get excited about science.
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teruja tentang sains.
01:53
And so I started doing this regularly.
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Maka saya mula melakukannya dengan kerap.
01:56
It's kind of an odd thing to
do with your Friday nights,
do with your Friday nights,
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Agak ganjil untuk melakukan ini
pada malam Jumaat anda,
pada malam Jumaat anda,
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but this is what I started doing,
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tapi inilah yang saya mula lakukan,
02:00
and I started collecting a whole group
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dan saya mula mengumpul
02:01
of my friends' DNA in small vials
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DNA rakan saya di dalam bebuli-bebuli kecil
02:03
and categorizing them.
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dan mengkategorikannya.
02:04
This is what that looked like.
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Inilah rupa DNA tersebut.
02:06
And it started to make me
think about a couple of things.
think about a couple of things.
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Dan saya mula berfikir
tentang beberapa perkara.
tentang beberapa perkara.
02:08
First of all, this looked a lot like my Facebook wall.
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Pertama, ini amat serupa
dengan dinding Facebook saya.
dengan dinding Facebook saya.
02:11
So in a way, I've created sort of a genetic network,
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Jadi, saya telah
mencipta suatu rangkaian genetik,
mencipta suatu rangkaian genetik,
02:13
a genetic social network, really.
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satu rangkaian sosial genetik.
02:15
And the second thing was,
one time a friend came over
one time a friend came over
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Dan keduanya, suatu hari
rakan saya datang
rakan saya datang
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and looked at this on my table and was like, "Oh.
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dan melihatnya di atas meja saya
dan berkata, "Oh.
dan berkata, "Oh.
02:20
Why are they numbered? Is this
person more rare than the other one?"
person more rare than the other one?"
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Kenapa mereka bernombor? Adakah
orang ini lebih unik daripada yang lain?
orang ini lebih unik daripada yang lain?
02:23
And I hadn't even thought about that.
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Saya langsung tak terfikir tentang itu.
02:25
They were just numbered because that
was the order that I extracted the DNA in.
was the order that I extracted the DNA in.
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Mereka bernombor mengikut susunan
DNA yang diekstrak oleh saya.
DNA yang diekstrak oleh saya.
02:28
But that made me think about collecting toys,
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Tapi ia membuatkan saya
terfikir untuk mengumpulkan mainan,
terfikir untuk mengumpulkan mainan,
02:30
and this thing that's going on right now
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dan apa yang berlaku sekarang
02:32
in the toy world with blind box toys,
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di dalam dunia mainan dengan kotak tanpa gambar,
02:34
and being able to collect these rare toys.
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dan dapat mengumpul mainan yang jarang ini.
02:36
You buy these boxes. You're not sure
what's going to be inside of them.
what's going to be inside of them.
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Anda beli kotak ini. Anda tak pasti
apa yang ada dalamnya.
apa yang ada dalamnya.
02:38
But then, when you open them up,
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Tapi kemudian, setelah membukanya,
02:40
you have different rarities of the toys.
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anda dapati pelbagai mainan unik.
02:42
And so I thought that was interesting.
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Dan pada saya itu amat menarik.
02:43
I started thinking about this and the caviar
vending machine and the Art-o-mat all together,
vending machine and the Art-o-mat all together,
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Saya mula berfikir tentang ini dan
mesin layan diri kaviar dan Art-o-mat,
mesin layan diri kaviar dan Art-o-mat,
02:46
and some reason, I was one
night drawing a vending machine,
night drawing a vending machine,
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dan entah mengapa, suatu malam
saya melukis mesin layan diri,
saya melukis mesin layan diri,
02:50
thinking about doing paintings of a vending machine,
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berfikir tentang membuat
lukisan mesin layan diri,
lukisan mesin layan diri,
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and the little vial of my DNA was sitting there,
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dan bebuli kecil berisi DNA saya dalamnya,
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and I saw this kind of beautiful collaboration between
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dan saya lihat kerjasama indah antara
02:55
the strands of DNA and the
coils of a vending machine.
coils of a vending machine.
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helaian DNA dan
gegelung mesin layan diri.
gegelung mesin layan diri.
02:58
And so, of course, I decided
to create an art installation
to create an art installation
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Jadi, saya membuat keputusan
untuk mencipta instalasi seni
untuk mencipta instalasi seni
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called the DNA Vending Machine.
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bergelar Mesin Layan Diri DNA.
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Here it is.
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Inilah dia.
03:04
(Music)
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(Muzik)
03:10
["DNA Vending Machine is an art installation
about our increasing access to biotechnology."]
about our increasing access to biotechnology."]
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["Mesin Layan Diri DNA adalah instalasi seni
berkaitan akses kita terhadap bioteknologi yang meningkat."]
berkaitan akses kita terhadap bioteknologi yang meningkat."]
03:19
["For a reasonable cost, you can purchase a sample
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["Dengan harga berpatutan,
anda boleh membeli satu sampel
anda boleh membeli satu sampel
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of human DNA from a traditional vending machine."]
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DNA manusia daripada mesin layan diri tradisional."]
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["Each sample comes packaged with a collectible
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["Setiap sampel datang berpakej dengan satu koleksi
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limited edition portrait of the human specimen."]
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edisi terhad gambaran spesimen manusia."]
03:54
["DNA Vending Machine treats DNA
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["Mesin Layan Diri DNA menyifatkan DNA
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as a collectible material and brings to light
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sebagai barang koleksi dan mengetengahkan
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legal issues over the ownership of DNA."]
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isu undang-undang ke atas pemilikan DNA."]
04:04
Gabriel Garcia-Colombo: So
the DNA Vending Machine
the DNA Vending Machine
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Gabriel Garcia-Colombo: Jadi
Mesin Layan Diri DNA
Mesin Layan Diri DNA
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is currently in a couple galleries in New York,
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kini berada
di beberapa galeri di New York
di beberapa galeri di New York
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and it's selling out pretty well, actually.
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dan nampaknya dapat dijual dengan laris.
04:10
We're in the first edition of 100 pieces,
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Kami dalam edisi pertama,
berjumlah 100 keping
berjumlah 100 keping
04:12
hoping to do another edition pretty soon.
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harapnya dapat membuat
edisi lain tak lama lagi.
edisi lain tak lama lagi.
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I'd actually like to get it into more of a metro hub,
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Saya berhasrat untuk
memasarkannya ke pusat metro
memasarkannya ke pusat metro
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like Grand Central or Penn Station,
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seperti Grand Central atau Penn Station,
04:18
right next to some of the other, actual
vending machines in that location.
vending machines in that location.
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bersebelahan beberapa
mesin layan diri lain di situ.
mesin layan diri lain di situ.
04:20
But really with this project
and a lot of my art projects
and a lot of my art projects
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Tapi dengan projek ini dan
ramai projek lain saya
ramai projek lain saya
04:23
I want to ask the audience a question, and that is,
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saya mahu bertanya satu soalan
kepada anda, iaitu,
kepada anda, iaitu,
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when biotechnology and DNA sequencing
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apabila penjujukan DNA dan bioteknologi,
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becomes as cheap as, say, laser cutting or
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menjadi semurah
pemotongan laser, misalnya, atau
pemotongan laser, misalnya, atau
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3D printing or buying caviar from a vending machine,
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pencetakan 3D atau membeli
kaviar dari mesin layan diri,
kaviar dari mesin layan diri,
04:34
will you still submit your sample of
DNA to be part of the vending machine?
DNA to be part of the vending machine?
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sediakah anda memberi sampel DNA anda
menjadi milik mesin ini?
menjadi milik mesin ini?
04:36
And how much will these samples be worth?
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Dan berapakah nilai sampel-sampel ini?
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And will you buy someone else's sample?
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Dan adakah anda akan membeli sampel orang lain?
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And what will you be able to do with that sample?
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Dan apakah yang anda boleh buat
dengan sampel tersebut?
dengan sampel tersebut?
04:44
Thank you.
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Terima kasih.
04:46
(Applause)
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(Tepukan)
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Gabriel Barcia-Colombo - Video sculptorGabe Barcia-Colombo creates madcap art inspired both by Renaissance era curiosity cabinets and the modern-day digital chronicling of everyday life. Think: miniature people projected in objects and a DNA Vending Machine.
Why you should listen
Gabe Barcia-Colombo is an American artist who creates installation pieces that both delight and point to the strangeness of our modern, digital world. His latest work is a DNA Vending Machine, which dispenses vials of DNA extracted from friends at dinner parties. He's also created video installations of "miniature people" encased inside ordinary objects like suitcases, blenders and more. His work comments on the act of leaving one's imprint for the next generation. Call it "artwork with consequences."
As he explains it: "While formally implemented by natural history museums and collections (which find their roots in Renaissance-era 'cabinets of curiosity'), this process has grown more pointed and pervasive in the modern-day obsession with personal digital archiving and the corresponding growth of social media culture. My video sculptures play upon this exigency in our culture to chronicle, preserve and wax nostalgic, an idea which I render visually by 'collecting' human beings (alongside cultural archetypes) as scientific specimens. I repurpose everyday objects like blenders, suitcases and cans of Spam into venues for projecting and inserting videos of people."
Barcia-Colombo is an alumnus and instructor at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program. Read about his latest work on CoolHunting and in his TED Fellows profile.
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