One woman is collecting the traces left behind for DNA samples — in the name of art.
New York artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg’s latest project, “Stranger Visions.” takes random DNA samples she finds around New York City and turns them into lifelike masks that closely resemble the person whose genetics she gathered.
As Dewey-Hagborg explained to CNN, the idea for the project came from a fascination with a single hair
“This turned into a research project for me exploring exactly what I could discover about someone from an artifact they left behind,” she told CNN. Read more…
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