NOT NATURAL: TOUR

In this facilitator-led experience, students will be guided through the NOT NATURAL exhibition at Science Gallery Melbourne.

The exhibition will explore the friction between cultural perceptions of nature and the implications of creating synthetic forms of life. Advances in synthetic biology have opened a plethora of possibility and a pandoras box of ethical dilemmas. We’ve stepped into a new era, where the tools of genetic engineering and biotechnology allow us to gene-edit, splice and de-extinct almost anything biological. We get to design new life-forms and modify existing ones. But are we redesigning evolution or is evolution re-designing us? And just because we can, should we?

Online tours will focus on a selection of artworks from the exhibition, chosen in collaboration with you.

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Details
Available: 27 February - June 2024

Duration: Standard module length is 75 minutes, stack further modules to extend your experience.

Capacity:  50 students

Delivery:  Excursion; Online

Contemplate the implications of art and science co-existing, as they are welcomed to Science Gallery Melbourne.
Undertake a brief facilitator-led tour of NOT NATURAL, engaging with the key concepts of the exhibition.
Explore the gallery independently, interacting with each of the works.
Share their experiences with each other and reflect on the impact of the exhibition.
Creative Industries
Design & Engineering
Digital Technology
Biology
Genetics
Research
Sciences
Sociology
Creativity/Creative Thinking
Critical Thinking
Technology Knowledge
Ethical Considerations
Personal and Social Considerations
Critical and Creative Thinking
Design and Technologies
Digital Technologies
Ethical Capability
Intercultural Capability
Personal and Social Capability
Science
Visual Arts