how much should scientists play god that's the big question in the new netflix thriller of bio hackers that's coming right up on arts and culture and also on the show disney's new animal adventure the one and only eye then goes straight to stream a. photographer dino lawson takes pictures of working people she calls the displaced kings and queens of the african diaspora and. musicals around the world by renowned violinist. 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 one of our fingers will magnetic what about d.n.a. was perfect bio hackers is a new netflix series that explores that experiment an ambitious professor and 6 intrepid students trying to polish up their genome. mates make mania. after trying to suck so should. they for telescope. as it fell off the demographic questions as often the title doesn't. come as a man i can feel that the feeling of cost was found under the. sofa

optimization taken to the extreme this series addresses a highly topical subject biohacking is booming instructions are available on the internet and research is far. less everything to show is really possible and conceivable not science fiction but 5 minutes into the future. of the event 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 christian illustrates the dangers that lurk when mankind wants to play god. german series are doing extremely well at the moment and are causing a buzz internationally gloomy and often dystopian the german mysteries series doc was voted the most poppy. a nit pick series world wide german banks seems to capture the zeitgeist of the stone style hackers also digs into the deep recesses

of humanity sounding out the limits of morality. looks up to the point of missing. student learners tragic family history mysteriously connects a with the professor and makes them bitter adversaries what secrets are hidden in our d.n.a. isn't it. the most if. 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 biochemist say whether humanity survives or not is a fact of biochemistry and still have few issues. yet bio hackers makes it clear that it's extremely dangerous to experiment with genetic material. to the surface

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. 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 like 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 tent moral and was known for his paintings. the comedy has a serious message about animal rights. what we don't. really understand as autonomous creatures we are and. i think that's what stories are you know that. an animal is. they're very different from very different and yet they're all.

on this planet at least and are we really. just his latest feel good story skip to the release due to the pandemic but no doubt it will still find its place in many hearts. you might be working 3 jobs just keeping your head above water struggling but inside the frame of a dino lawson portrait your 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 homes staged and celebrated. the museum

goes here in wealthy switzerland the photos put try and 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 eleanor filippovich director of the could tell a museum in boston the photographer dana lawson isn't giving interviews at the moment instead she's letting her photos speak for themselves holding a mirror up to the viewer 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 dignified 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 that seen better days. the strength of this object 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 neatly taken the appearance of paintings large scale and numerous dina lawson fairy 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 her 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 and needed to think of her exhibition of groupings of people and individuals and families as becoming one from the u.s. to go brazil or jamaica lawson's portraits show strength in unity the dignity and founder of klaas. violinist. is used to traveling the world but with her and gage lutes canceled this year due to 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 in the pandemic. each president i personally miss a lot of places the audience the people the music i mean he's i mean it's a gift because through this music i'm able to travel and experience it again. but issue his album was 2 years in the making and is made up of arrangements by the violinist that includes compositions from the 1st genres including classical film pop and jazz as well as a suite based on charlie chaplin's our new cd for his film the 2nd 9.

the city lights lisa but 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 you can strip it in this hour yes 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 i missed out on that 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 our consciousness composition. with city lights lisa bachus billie takes her listeners on a 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 anthony i'm a. went viral with this video of him dancing barefoot in the rain and it got the attention of companies and schools around the world including american ballet theater who offered him a scholarship in new york starting next year he's already started taking classes with them 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.f.w.

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