Dana-Fiona Armour's Biotech Exhibition at Andréhn-Schiptjenko Explores Genetic Modification

Dana-Fiona Armour, a French artist, showcases 'A Tale of Symbiogenesis' at Stockholm's Andréhn-Schiptjenko, open until March 4. The exhibition includes a genetically altered tobacco plant, Nicotiana benthamiana, which was infused with a human skin-color gene during her residency at Cellectis in Paris from 2021 to 2022. Through photography, video, sound, and glass artworks, Armour delves into the intersection of art and biotechnology via the concept of symbiogenesis. Three large prints depict the plant's surface amid its genetic alteration, while a continuous video presents a 3D visualization of its vascular system. Her glass works, notably the triptych Nervures Secondaires 1–3 and Pneumatophore #2–4, challenge simplistic views in art-biotech partnerships.