作品名：Biophilia- Organ Crafting, 2011
作者：Veronica Ranner（German）
材料：Hand blown glass, RP Zp150, degummed silk
版权：©Veronica Ranner

作品名：Biophilia- Survival Tissue, 2011
作者：Veronica Ranner（German）
材料：Hand blown glass, RP Zp150, Rp Objet, silicone, perspex, degummed silk
Silk print:,digital print on Habotai silk
版权：©Veronica Ranner

作品名：生物恋－器官工艺，2011
作者：维罗妮卡•兰内尔（德国）
材料：手吹玻璃，RP Zp 150，脱胶蚕丝
版权：© 维罗妮卡•兰内尔

作品名：生物恋－存活组织，2011
作者：维罗妮卡•兰内尔（德国）
材料：手吹玻璃，RP Zp150，快速成型物件，硅，树脂玻璃，脱胶蚕丝
蚕丝印刷，在真丝织物上的数字印刷
版权：© 维罗妮卡•兰内尔
简介：
The aim of my work is to challenge the role of design in response to emerging needs in a world of state of the art biotechnologies. I propose alternative views of potential futures using design as medium to encourage the public to reassess their relationship with science and technology with regard to cultural, moral and ethical issues. Many Paradigm shifts in the blurry line between the living and non--‐living, the organic and the artificial, the natural and the engineered have already taken place. Thinking about organ transplantation, which was seen as unnatural just A few decades ago, is common practice in our everyday lives. But the decisions made by scientists and politicians about the future application of technologies will shape in no small part human destiny. New paradigm shifts regarding synthetic biology could even challenge our inherited view of “Biophilia”–Erich Fromm’s thesis on the affection towards everything living. If genetically modified silkworms would weave the scaffold for your donor heart for example instead of a machine – what would you prefer?
Advances in synthetic biology and tissue engineering might provide alternative views on how we see and embed ourselves in the natural environment. Biophilia –Organ Crafting refers to the 5000 year old tradition of silkworm breeding. The domesticated silkworm Bombyx Mori’s efficacy has been optimized by more than 200% in the last 100 years, just by selective breeding. Since the silkworms’ genetic information was decoded in 2008, it could be altered so the silkworms weave biodegradable scaffolds for organs, tissues, biosensors and even products instead of their cocoons from ‘hardware’ to novel ‘wetware’. As cardiovascular diseases are globally number one cause of death we will face an increasing scarcity of donor hearts. The silken heart scaffolds could be seeded with cells, gathered from the patient, to then grow a wholly individual organ without rejection as consequence. But does dealing with living material require a more humane way of production? And how would this impact on our Relationship with the inanimate world around us?
With Biophilia –Survival Tissue I speculated further on the potential application of keeping such created artificial tissue in vitro. How may we use this synthetic human flesh and what innovative functions would this provide? We currently face an ever—increasing numbers of premature births– around 10 percent of births worldwide are premature. The tendency is growing and the long--‐term consequences for the infants alarming. Suspected factors are increasing fertility treatments, chronic stress and delayed motherhood. Recent advances in neonatal care preserves the lives of babies around 300 grams, which equates to a piece of butter. A design response with synthetic skin could even improve an extreme premature infants’ survival chance due to the increased skin contact, but what ethical and emotional problems will we face through the progress of such technology? How do You measure potential medical benefits? And Where do you draw the boundary of life?

我的作品旨在挑战设计在响应尖端生物技术世界中新兴需求时的角色。我提出了未来世界可能的新视像，运用设计这种介质来鼓励大众从文化、道德和伦理问题方面重新评价自己与科学技术的关系。生命与非生命、原生与人工、天然与制造之间模糊的界线方面已经产生了许多范式的转变。想想器官移植吧，仅仅几十年前它还被视作是不合自然规律的事情，如今在我们的日常生活中早已司空见惯。然而，科学家与政治家们在将来的技术应用方面做出的决策对人类命运将会产生重大的影响。合成生物学方面范式的转移甚至还能对我们与生俱来的“生物恋”观点提出挑战，这个观点是埃里希•弗洛姆提出的“爱慕一切生命”的理论——。比如说吧，如果可以用经过基因改造的蚕来代替机器为你编织一个辅助心脏运作的生物支架，那你愿意选哪一种？
合成生物学与组织工程学的进步有可能改变我们对自然环境的看法，还可能改变我们融入自然环境的方式。“生物恋”中的器官工艺部分反映了5000年悠久的育蚕历史传统。过去的一百年间，家养桑蚕的功效提高了二百多倍，靠的就是选择育种。自2008年蚕的基因被解码后，人们已经能够用蚕来编织可以生物降解的支架，用于器官、组织移植和生物传感器安装，甚至还能编织从“硬件”到新颖的“湿件”这类产品，而不再用它们来结出丝茧。由于心血管疾病是全球头号杀手，心脏的捐赠将会日益稀缺。丝织心脏支架可以利用取自患者的细胞来“播种”，然后让它们生长成完全独立的器官，而不会造成任何排斥。但是，在处理生命材料时是否需要更加人性化的方式？这对我们与无生物界的关系又会产生什么样的影响？
在《生物恋—存活组织》这件作品的中，我更进一步地思索了这类体外人工组织潜在的用途。我们应该如何使用这种合成的人体肌肉，它又能提供什么样的创新功能？当前我们面临着早产婴儿日益增多的问题——全球大约百分之十的婴儿都属早产，这种趋势还在继续扩大，而早产可能对婴儿产生长期的不良后果。引起这种情况的因素有可能是越来越多的不育症治疗、慢性应激以及孕产期的推迟。近年来新生儿护理方面的进步能够保全300克左右的婴儿的生命——才一片黄油那么重。合成皮肤的设计还能提高过度早产婴儿的存活机率，因为它能提高皮肤的接触率。但在这类技术进步中，我们又会面临什么样的伦理问题和情感问题呢？你如何衡量它们在医学方面可能带来的益处？你又如何划分生命的界线？

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