HELEN PYNOR ‘The Next Renaissance – A Taste of the Invisible’ at the Goethe-Institut Paris 

August 7, 2024

Helen Pynor’s multimedia art installation ‘93% Human’ is on show at The Goethe Institute Paris, in the exhibition ‘The Next Renaissance – A Taste of the Invisible’ until 27th August 2025. ‘93% Human’ explores the multi-species nature of being ‘human’, the promiscuity of DNA, and DNA data as a generative tool, through an investigation of DNA we exhale in our breath and inhale from others.

Presented by ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, at The Goethe institute, Paris, the exhibition asks: How does art change when it makes use of new technologies and it gains access to scientific methods of knowledge? What impulses for change extend beyond the field of art? Scientific media art opens up a space for new sensory and imaginative forces.

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Image caption: 93% Human, Helen Pynor, 2023. Single channel video projection, 8-channel sound, single channel video on screen, scientific glassware objects. Lead Collaborators: Amanda Cole, Composer; Associate Professor Jimmy Breen, Bioinformatician and Geneticist, Chief Data Scientist, Black Ochre Data Labs at Telethon Kids and The Australian National University. Photo: Helen Pynor. Image courtesy of the artist.