displaced kings and queens of the african diaspora and. around the world renowned violinist yes really welcome to arts and culture genetic engineering sounds scary right so what about biohacking still scary but definitely sexy bio hackers is the new series out this week on that flicks about ambitious science students with the power to reshape life netflix is hoping to cash in on a growing appetite for german series after the global success of its other creepy german show dark. what about eyes could see in the dark what if our fingers were magnetic what about d.n.a. was perfect bio hackers is the new netflix series that explores that experiment an ambitious professor and 6 intrepid students trying to polish up their genome. mates

make. so should. say for the telescope. as it is to love to do nothing. with eyes of. one coming here from i think in fear that the cost was fun 600 years to get and that's. up to my sation taken to the extreme this series addresses a highly topical subject biohacking is instructions are available on the internet and research is flourishing everything show is really possible and conceivable not science fiction but 5 minutes into the future. is up to the script and i thought it's funny what they've come up with. i saw a documentary and thought funny but it's true. which is science taking us in this fast paced series director chris illustrates the

dangers that lurk when mankind wants to play god. german series are doing extremely well at the moment and of course in the past internationally gloomy and often dystopian the german mysteries series doc was voted the most pop. 6 series world wide german banks seems to capture the zeitgeist and listeners file hackers also digs into the deep recesses of humanity sounding out the limits of morality. hooked up to download as moment on a. student learners tragic family history mysteriously connects with the professor and makes them adversaries what secrets are hidden in our d.n.a. isn't it. this is all happening this is one of our realities and this will be a huge part of our future that is also the question how much are we allowed to do.

this series does not demonize science on the contrary it shows how dependent we are on research usually because our higher chemists say whether humanity survives or not is a fact of biochemistry and. yet bio hackers makes it clear that it's extremely dangerous to experiment with genetic material. diseases also. now if genetically modified species are too much for you here's a story based on a real life gorilla ivan the gorilla liked to paint that's what he did for decades inside an american shopping mall before animal rights activists got him moved to a proper zoo now the one and only ivan is a little bit different but maybe the new c.g.i. film on disney's streaming platform bears some of ivan spirit oh lord our.

life in the gorilla is resigned to spending his life in a circus until he realizes he wants more and decides to take a shot at freedom this escape caper sees actress angelina jolie pushing on her producer has she hopes children will be. but attack. their needs yes things that aren't maybe as heavy and young children need something to look to give them kindness give them hope give them or give them light which it has but we are at a time where we can no longer ignore real hard realities in the world and children also know that. the one and only ivan is based on the moving true story of a real gorilla who was kept in a circus themed mall and was known for his paintings. the comedy has a serious message about animal rights.

what we do. really understand the autonomous creatures that we are and. i think that story. you know that. an animal is. they're very different from very different and yet they're all. on this planet at least and said are we ready to. just his latest feel good story stick to its fans were released due to the pandemic but no doubt it will still find its place in many harms. you might be working 3 jobs just keeping your head above water struggling but inside the frame of a dino wasson portrait you are beautiful imperious unbroken unfallen that's all novelist zaidi smith described photographer dino lawson's pictures the new york

based artist portrays black people from poor neighborhoods across the americas and africa here's a look at her biggest exhibition to date and basel switzerland. every day life in the working class black columns staged and celebrated. the museum goes here in wealthy switzerland the photos pre-trained of reality far from there on we may look at them as not having quite enough for them they've made it at a certain level and they're proud to show us to welcome us into their homes into their lives and to share it with us. this is not filippovich director of the could start a museum in basle the photographer dina lawson isn't giving interviews at the moment instead she's letting her photos speak for themselves holding a mirror up to the viewer it's literally. she's playing with

a mirror that we have to face ourselves and the irony is these photographic works are framed literally in mirrors which has this double effect of making us look at ourselves as. the viewer in front of these images making us look at our stereotypes and our perceptions but also elevating and turning b.s. photographs into something technical and sort of magnificent such as this family portrait of a young mother with her 3 children. all posed in front of a mocked up wall of this man dressed as royalty on a throne and that scene that i use. the strength of the subject is her willingness to be vulnerable and nakedness draws the eyes to her electronic ankle bracelet to brazil's justice system she's

a criminal on the lawson's lens she recalls famous nudes of art history. the photos nearly take on the appearance of paintings large and scale and numerous dina lawson very specifically wanted a bit too many photographs in this main room a bit too close together to be a traditional hanging of an exhibition and she says in a conversation with them with me that she wanted them close together because she wanted them to be able to protect each other given what's happening in the us it becomes all the more touching all the more sad all the more reality that you know lost the need to think of her exhibition of groupings of people and individuals and families as becoming one from the u.s. to ghana brazil or jamaica lawson's portraits show strength in unity the dignity and value of plotless. violinist lisa.

is used to traveling the world but with her and gage lutes council this year due to cover at 19 the musician decided to embark on a different kind of tour her new album city lights conjures up places that are special to her from her native georgia to germany where she lives. and hollywood. lisa is one of the most sought after violin virtuoso in the world. her latest album city lights takes listeners on an autobiographical musical journey with pieces chosen to represent important cities in the artist's life including in the project came while she was stuck at home with a pandemic. i personally miss a lot of places the audience the people the music is really to me it's

a gift because through this music i'm able to travel and experience it again. his album was 2 years in the making and is made up of arrangements by the violinist that includes compositions from diverse genres including classical film pop and jazz as well as a suite based on charlie chaplin's own music for his film the 2nd man in. the city lights lisa better usually got colleagues like to sing it katie melua on board. and jazz trumpeter grown up together they mix up different styles of music. and use them strictly in this piece i didn't have to play jazz and he didn't have

to play classical music we met somewhere in between that was possible and of course he plays swing at the end and i play a very difficult cadence but in a classical way and yet somehow we created something whole i just got the mind there and it's kind of in the piece about ishmael he was born in 1979 in the georgian capital tbilisi the drama of her home country's conflict heavy history can be heard in her compatriot guy a composition. with city lights lisa but she's really takes her listeners on a new musical world to us. and we're going to nigeria now for what might be the most heartwarming culture news of the week 11 year old ballet student emphysema. went viral with this video of him dancing barefoot in the rain that got the attention of companies and schools around

the world including american ballet theatre through offered him a scholarship in new york starting next year he's already started taking classes without online. that's it for this edition of arts and culture of course you can always find us online for more culture news at d.w. dot com slash culture thanks for watching cynics are.

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