The Genetic Portrait Project

Abstract

As new milestones in medicine, agriculture, and synthetic biology are reached through the study and manipulation of genes, scientific research is being translated into technology that is poised to have dramatic affects on each of us. This innovative project explores American sentiment toward genetics by asking individuals from a variety of cultural, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds to respond to the question: “How do you think genetics will affect the future?” Photographs and videos of the individual along with their written/drawn responses are made to document our culture’s current understanding of this timely subject.