Synthetic Cell Behaviors

daewook (derik) lee

hernan diaz-alonso studio - synthetic flowers
columbia university gsapp
2008 summer


i still think the word "behavior" is critical. the studio is called synthetic flowers and the same time we use the word cells; it is ridiculous to even question about "organic". i dont think anything has to be organic to have behavior.

i have the authority of controlling the cells; by intuition, i let the cells grow the way it wants to, and the way it should. in other words, behaviors of the synthetic cells are my own intuition itself. it would be a shame if my cells don't have behavior. i think "behavior" is what distinguishes my decisions from being meaningless arbitrary.