CAFA_China initiated by the School of Experimental Arts of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and sponsored by Bluepha,is the first art school team in China to participate in the International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM). CAFA_China was officially registered in April 2022 and will participate in iGEM competitions from 2022. The team members are from the School of Experimental Art, School of Design, School of Humanities and School of Modeling of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Their research directions include biological art, science and technology art, light art, methodology narrative and performance, etc.
We are a team based on fine art. We focus on the possibilities between synthetic biology and artistic creation. In an age when science and art are more inclusive. For thousands of years, human beings and technology have become more and more symbiotic. As McLuhan said, Technology is not outside of human nature, but part of it. The mission of the artist makes us think about how to reunderstand human nature in today's technological age.
Mengyao Wang is the Team leader of CAFA_China, leading the team to complete the whole project, organizing and participating in offline and online activities, and making the project Wiki. Organized VR painting workshop and drew VR image of Escherichia coli for the project.
Executive Team leader of CAFA-China and Team leader of HP effectively promoted the completion of team projects, and actively organized HP activities to obtain external support. In the early stage of the project, I investigated a large number of experimental data and literature, promoted the completion of the experiment, and organized the report and data sorting of HP.
As the vice captain of CAFA_China, I was responsible for the establishment and promotion of Synthetic Life Foundation, participated in the investigation and sorting of experimental literature, HP and publicity work, and drew and made handmade pop-up book models and samples. I was responsible and earnest in my work, and made very important contributions to the project.
Served as the leader of CAFA_China experimental group, investigated experimental data and literature in the early stage of the project, promoted experimental progress in the experimental stage, was responsible for digital modeling and CAD model drawing, and promoted offline exhibition.
Served as the leader of CAFA_China Publicity Art Group, responsible for the team's online publicity and distribution work, participated in pop-up book model making and illustration drawing, participated in the experimental group's early learning and investigation work, and assisted some foundation work.
Investigated experimental data and literature, took charge of team experiment and data sorting, and drew all data charts.
Responsible for wiki uploading and web page making, participated in pop-up book early illustration drawing.
Responsible for the publicity and development of the team's official account, art, experiment, HP and foundation work, drawing and making handmade pop-up book models and samples.
Responsible for data collation, translation and external publicity.
Designed logo for CAFA_China and ONCE, and was responsible for the design of all posters, data typesetting, model rendering and other visual work.