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The Old Operating Theatre Museum hosts The Arts Catalyst SymbioticA Symposium on Biotech Art Saturday 2 April 2005, 2 - 5 p.m. Join the participants of the Arts Catalyst & SymbioticA Biotech Art Workshop for a public discussion of the issues, ethics and aesthetics of bioart and biotech research. Participants include Oron Catts and Gary Cass of SymbioticA, and Brandon Ballengee, Heather Barnett, Anne Bean, Jenny Boulboulle, Franko B, Laura Cinti, Wim Delvoye, Tony Dunn, Ju Gosling, Simon Gould, Andy Gracie, Antony Hall, Jens Hauser, Verena Kaminarz, Jose Marchesi, Sana Murrani, Jane Prophet, Paula Roush, Jill Scott, Hege Tapio. Arts Catalyst, the UK based science-art agency, are curating a week of biotech workshops for artists, led by the artist Oron Catts and Gary Cass of SymbioticA: The Art & Science Collaborative Studio, School of Anatomy & Human Biology, The University of Western Australia. The workshops aim is to introduce artists to the practical and theoretical issues of biotechnology, genomics, and biotech art. Arts Catalyst & SymbioticA's Biotech Art Workshop was facilitated by the Guy's King's & St Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences (King's College London) and The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret. Further information: www.artscatalyst.org / www.symbiotica.uwa.edu.au All welcome to the public discussion on Saturday 2 April, but space is limited so BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL (first come first served basis)! Contact: [log in to unmask] or 020 7375 3690 The Old Operating Theatre, Museum & Herb Garret 9a St Thomas' Street, London, SE1 9RY Email: [log in to unmask] / Website: www.thegarret.org.uk / Tel: 020 7188 2679